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PASTOR LANGI, ARE YOU HERE? PASTOR
[ Call to order: City Hall Council Chamber ]
LANGI IS NOT HERE.LET ME CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER RIGHT NOW.
SIX 30, MA'AM, DID YOU SIGN UP TO SPEAK? YES.
SO WE'RE GONNA GET, UM, PASTOR FELIX, I MEAN COUNSELOR FELIX TO LEAD US.
OKAY? LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION AND THE, UH, PLEDGE TO THE FLAG.
LORD GOD, WE THANK YOU AGAIN, FATHER, THAT YOU ALLOWED US TO COME AND CONGREGATE TOGETHER AS ONE.
GOD, WE THANK YOU FATHER FOR ANOTHER DAY OF LIFE, AND WE ARE THANKFUL, FATHER, THAT WE GET TO VOTE AGAIN.
FATHER, GIVE US STRENGTH AND WISDOM TO BE IN AGREEMENT FOR WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY.
LORD GOD, WE THANK YOU FATHER FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
WE THANK YOU FATHER FOR OUR RE RESIDENCE, FATHER, AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL, FATHER, FOR THE FREEDOM THAT WE HAVE HERE IN ROSENBERG.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME WE PRAY, AMEN AND AMEN.
IF YOU CAN, UH, JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
OH, THAT WAS A VERY GOOD PRAYER ERROR.
[ Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing the Month of March 2026 as Procurement Month and March 11, 2026 as Procurement Professionals Day. (William Benton, Mayor) ]
OF PROCLAMATION FOR PROCUREMENT PROCUREMENT DAY.DID Y'ALL KNOW THEY HAVE A PROCUREMENT DAY? IT IS IMPORTANT.
ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WISHES TO, UH, PRESENT THIS WITH ME OR ENCOURAGED TO MM-HMM
SO THIS IS THE GENTLEMAN IN CHARGE OF THE, UH, PROCUREMENT FOR THE CITY.
SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA PRE PRESENT HIM WITH THIS PROCLAMATION, SIR.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY.
WHEREAS PO UH, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROFESSION PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF BOTH GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS, IN WHEREAS IN ADDITION TO THE, UH, PURCHASE OF GOODS AND SERVICES, PROCUREMENT ADDS VALUE TO THE ORGANIZATION BY PERFORMING SUCH FUNCTIONS AS EXECUTING, IMPLEMENTING ADMINISTERING CONTRACTS, DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGIC PROCURE PROCUREMENT, STRATI, UH, STRATEGIES, AND CULTIVATING WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH SUPPLIERS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITH WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.
AND WHEREAS PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS IN THE CITY OF ROSENBERG AND IN OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE TREMENDOUS INFLUENCE ON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN THE UNITED STATES WITH A CUMULATIVE PURCHASING POWER RUNNING INTO BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
WHEREAS THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF ROSENBERG IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING HIGH CALIBER, STRATEGIC, LOGICAL, AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT OF ALL DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF ROSENBERG.
AND WHEREAS THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF ROSENBERG RECOGNIZED SUPPORT AND PRACTICE THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT VALUES AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTABILITY, ETHICS, AND PARTIALITY, PROFESSIONALISM, SERVICE AND TRANSPARENCY ESTABLISHED BY THE NATIONAL PUBLIC PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATIONS AS FUNDAMENTAL TENANTS OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROFESSION.
AND WHEREAS THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL PROCUREMENT HAS PROCLAIMED THAT THE, UH, THIS MONTH, THE MONTH OF MARCH AS PROCUREMENT MONTH AND THE NATIONAL PROCUREMENT INSTITUTE HAS PROCLAIMED THE DAY OF MARCH 11TH AS PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS
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DAY TO FURTHER EXPAND AWARENESS OF THE PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS' ROLE TO GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIALS AND GENERAL PUBLIC BUSINESS AND CORPORATE LEADERS.THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, WE WANNA PRESENT YOU WITH THIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION.
UH, MAYBE NOT SO FAMOUS, SO GLAMOROUS, BUT WHAT HE DOES IS VERY NO, UH, MERRICK, MAY I SAY SOMETHING IF YOU DON'T MIND? YEAH.
I USED TO BE A PROCUREMENT MANAGER BEFORE IN ANOTHER JOB, SO I KNOW WHAT HE GOES THROUGH AND WHAT HE HAS TO DO AND WHAT BUSINESS HE HAS TO DO.
SO I'M, I KNOW HE'S DOING A GOOD JOB FOR THE CITY BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD GOOD THINGS WHEN HE'S GIVEN OUR PO.
SO WE APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE THAT SAVES, UH, TAXPAYER, THE WHOLE GANGS COMING.
[ Announcements. ]
RIGHT.WE DO HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS.
BEFORE I GET TO THE CITY ANNOUNCEMENTS, LET'S ASK THE COUNCIL IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WISH TO ADDRESS, ADDRESS OR ANNOUNCE.
I WANNA GIVE A BIG THANKS TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS FROM LAST NIGHT OFF OF LAWRENCE STREET.
YES, I HEARD THAT ABOUT 10 30.
THEY WERE ACTIVE, SO I WANT TO GIVE A BIG THANKS TO THEM AND THANK BA UH, THANK GOD NOBODY WAS HURT.
SO DID YOU GO BY AND SEE THE YES, I DID.
I REGRET IT, BUT, UH, THEY DID A GOOD JOB.
I WAS AT MY COMPUTER AND I THOUGHT THAT IS CLOSE.
AND IT WAS COLD, SO I HAD LIT A FIRE JUST TO WARM UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND, UM, I THOUGHT MAYBE IT IS WARMING IT UP A BIT TOO MUCH.
I WENT OUTSIDE AND SAW THAT MY YARD WAS NOT ON FIRE, BUT APPARENTLY THERE WAS ONE TWO BLOCKS AWAY.
ANYWAY, WITH THE WIND BLOWING, YOU GOTTA BE REAL CAREFUL AND I WAS, MY PIT IS COVERED.
SO ANYWAY, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? SO AT OCCASIONALLY WE DO HAVE STRUCTURE FIRES AND WHEN YOU HAVE, UM, A STRONG WIND, THERE IT GOES.
ALRIGHT, LET ME READ THE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
WINE AND BEER WALK SET FOR MARCH 21ST.
THAT IS THIS SATURDAY LAST CALL, THE CITY OF ROSENBERG'S FIFTH ANNUAL WINE AND BEER WALK RETURNS THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 21ST FROM NOON TO 5:00 PM AT HISTORIC DOWNTOWN ROSENBERG.
VISIT TX.GOV TO FIND MORE DETAILS AND PURCHASE LAST MINUTE TICKETS.
PETSMART EVENTS SET FOR MARCH 25TH AT PETSMART SUGARLAND ADOPTION EVENT.
JOIN US WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25TH, NOON TO 4:00 PM AT PETSMART ADOPTION EVENT.
SHORELAND, TEXAS EASTER PORTRAIT PARTY SET FOR MARCH 28TH.
I'M GUESSING THAT'S THE DAY BEFORE EASTER ROSENBERG CIVIC CENTER REMINDER, JOIN US SATURDAY, MARCH 28TH, 10 TO NOON, THE ROSENBERG CIVIC CENTER FOR
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EASTER PORTRAIT PARTY.THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
PLEASE VISIT ROSENBERG TX.GOV FOR DETAILS.
SHELTER EVENTS SET FOR MARCH 28TH, ROSENBERG ANIMAL CONTROL AND SHELTER ADOPTION EVENT.
JOIN, JOIN THE FOLKS OUT AT THE SHELTER AND VOLUNTEERS FOR SHELTER ADOPTION EVENT ON SATURDAY, MARCH 28TH, 11 TO THREE AT 1 2 0 7 BLOOMY ROAD, ROSENBERG, TEXAS.
THE SHELTER ADOPTION EVENTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY, VERY IMPORTANT TO US AS A COUNCIL AND VERY IMPORTANT TO THE SHELTER BECAUSE THE SHELTER IS ALWAYS FULL OF ANIMALS.
AND WE COMMITTED WHEN WE RAN TWO YEARS AGO THAT WE WOULD HAVE AS MANY, UH, ADOPTION EVENTS AS POSSIBLE.
AND IT'S, MY GUESS IS WE HAVE TWO, THREE, MAYBE SOME MONTHS, FOUR ADOPTION EVENTS A MONTH.
I THINK YOU'D BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND A CITY THIS SIZE THAT HAS AS MANY ADOPTION EVENTS.
SO TO OUR CITY STAFF AND THE VOLUNTEERS.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? I WAS JUST GONNA CLARIFY THAT THE 28TH IS, UM, THE SATURDAY BEFORE PALM SUNDAY.
SO IT'S NOT EASTER THE NIGHT OR NO, THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S THE FIFTH.
SO THE 28TH IS A LITTLE BIT, IT'S THE WEEK BEFORE EARLIER MM-HMM
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER FOR ITEM TWO.
UM, WELL THEN DON'T, WE WON'T, WE WILL, WE'LL WILL DO THE RULES IN A MINUTE.
[ CONSENT AGENDA ]
CONSENT AGENDA, THEN YOU CAN DO THE RULES.SO, UH, LET'S GO THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA FOLKS.
SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING.
HAVE TO CHECK IT OUT, SEE IF WE HAVE ANY INQUIRING MINDS.
WE HAD A RESIGNATION FROM THE PARKS BOARD.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA? HECTOR, DO YOU? NO, I DON'T.
BUT I DON'T MAKE A MOTION TO, YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION? I THINK I JUST, I'LL MAKE SAW MS. SHAW HERE.
NO, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PARKS BOARD? YES.
NO, I WAS JUST SAYING ABOUT THE PROSECUTOR.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. I'LL SECOND IT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? WE HAVE A MOTION BY HECTOR AND SECONDED BY STEVE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PUSH GREEN.
IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, SAY OR PUSH RED.
[2. Review and discuss parking restrictions on public streets, alleys, and parkways, and take action as necessary to direct staff. (Jonathan White, Police Chief) ]
NOW WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER TWO OF WHICH WE HAVE A SPEAKER FOR MS. DEBORAH BEAN.WE GOTTA READ THE RULES FIRST.
AND WHILE YOU'RE HEADING THE, UH, CITY SECRETARY'S GONNA READ THE RULES.
WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF THEM HERE, BUT BE CLEAR ON IT.
CITIZENS WHO DESIRE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL WITH REGARD TO MATTERS ON THE CONSENT.
A REGULAR AGENDA WILL BE HEARD AT THIS TIME OR AT THE TIME THE ITEM IS CONSIDERED.
CITIZENS MAY SPEAK ON UP TO THREE SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS OR A MAXIMUM OF ONCE DURING GENERAL COMMENTS AND UP TO TWO ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS. ALL SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES, EXCEPT THAT A SPEAKER WHO ADDRESSES THE CITY COUNCIL THROUGH A TRANSLATOR IS LIMITED TO SIX MINUTES.
SPEAKERS MAKING PERSONAL AND PERTINENT PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM AND SHALL BE BARRED FROM REENTERING THE CHAMBER DURING THE SESSION OF CITY COUNCIL.
IT IS OUR POLICY TO HAVE ALL SPEAKERS IDENTIFY THEMSELVES BY PROVIDING THEIR NAME AND RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS WHEN MAKING COMMENTS.
AND MS. BEAN, IF YOU'LL JUST MAKE SURE THE MICROPHONE IS ON.
YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE THE TOP THAT WOULD SAY ANYTHING TOO UGLY.
MY NAME IS DEBORAH BEAN AND I LIVE IN ON ROSE ON WILSON DRIVE HERE IN ROSENBERG.
AND I'M HERE TO ADDRESS AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTING MY NEIGHBORHOOD FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
UH, OLD AND UNUSED VEHICLES THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING ON THE STREET FOR YEARS, INCLUDING DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF MY HOME.
EVERY DAY WHEN I WALK OUT OF MY HOUSE, I SEE THE SAME OLD VEHICLES.
THESE VEHICLES APPEAR TO BE ABANDONED OR NOT IN REGULAR USE.
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HAVE NOT MOVED FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME.SOME HAVE VISIBLE SIGNS OF NEGLECT AND THEY OCCUPY VALUABLE STREET PARKING THAT OTHER PEOPLE CAN ALSO USE.
NOW, BEYOND THE APPEARANCE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS ISSUE ALSO AFFECTS THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR NEARBY RESIDENTS.
PARKING BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT FOR HOMEOWNERS AND VISITORS.
UM, IT LOWERS THE NEIGHBORHOOD APPEARANCE.
IT JUST LOOK TERRIBLE WHEN YOU TURN ON THAT STREET AND YOU SEE THAT OLD VEHICLE SITTING THERE THAT'S BEEN SITTING THERE FOR MONTHS AND YEARS.
UH, OUR STREETS ARE MEANT TO SERVE THE ACTIVE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS, NOT BECOME LONG-TERM STORAGE FOR UNUSED VEHICLES.
UH, HOWEVER, WHEN VEHICLES REMAIN PARKED ON PUBLIC STREETS FOR YEARS WITHOUT BEING USED OR MOVED, IT BECOMES A COMMUNITY ISSUE RATHER THAN A PRIVATE ONE.
UM, IF THOSE POLICIES ARE ALREADY, IF I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE CITY TO REVIEW AND ENFORCE EXISTING OR ORDINANCES OR REINFORCE, UH, FOR ALL ABANDONED VEHICLES BEING SITTING ON THE STREET FOR YEARS AND NEVER BE MOVED, I MEAN, YOU CAN LOOK AT IT, IT'S DUSTY IT, AND ONE TIME BEFORE WHEN, WHEN SOMEONE I HAD REPORTED IT, HE GOT, THE PERSON GOT OUT AND HE STARTED PAINTING THE VEHICLE AND FINDING A LICENSE PLATE SOMEWHERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE GOT 'EM FROM, BUT HE HIT HIM, PUT 'EM ON THE VEHICLES AND STUFF.
AND IT MIGHT HAVE MOVED HIM MAYBE A FEW FEET DOWN THE STREET OR SOMETHING, OR ACROSS THE STREET OR WHATEVER.
BUT I HAVE ONE THAT JUST BEEN SITTING IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE FOR YEARS AND I, I MOVED IN MY HOME IN 1898.
HE MOVED, HE, HE MOVED THERE IN 1999.
AT FIRST HE DID HAVE A VEHICLE THERE AND WE TRIED TO GET A HOA, UH, DEVELOPED A AUTHORITY.
SO ANYWAY, NOBODY WANTED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, SO IT JUST FELL THROUGH.
SO, BUT THEY MADE, BEFORE THAT, THEY MADE HIM MOVE THAT VEHICLE.
BUT ABOUT MONTHS DOWN THE LINE, HE WENT AND GOT SOME MORE AND HE JUST, HE HAS ONE VEHICLE IN THE GARAGE, TWO IN THE DRIVEWAY, AND THREE ON THE STREET.
HE'S THE ONLY ONE, THE ONLY ONE VEHICLE HE DRIVES EVERY DAY.
AND THAT'S A LITTLE BLACK, I THINK A COROLLA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WHAT STREET WAS THIS ON AGAIN? WILSON DRIVE.
GO AHEAD AND FINISH YOUR, OKAY, YOU'RE, BECAUSE YOU'RE THREE MINUTES.
SO, UM, OUR STREETS SHOULD BE A PLACE THAT WE ARE PROUD OF AND I DON'T WANNA HOLD, YOU KNOW, HOLD ANYTHING UP.
BUT THESE PICTURES WILL SHOW YOU A WHOLE LOT THAT'S GOING ON.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION AND FOR SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.
YEAH, IF YOU COULD SHARE THE PICTURES.
UM, LET ME TAKE A SECOND BEFORE WE READ THE ITEM.
UH, THIS, THIS POOR LADY HAS HAD TO ENDURE THESE JUNKY CARS FOR YEARS, PARKED RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE ON A CITY STREET.
AND DEBORAH, THE TAGS ON HIM, HE DIDN'T HAVE NO TAGS OR, OR THEIR EXPIRED TAGS OR ANTIQUE TAGS.
SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING ON IT.
THEN I GOT SOMEBODY TO THROW KIND OF TALKING TOO.
AND THEN AFTER THAT I CAN SEE YOU WENT AND FOUND SOME PLACE SOMEWHERE.
I DUNNO WHERE HE GOT THEM FROM.
WELL, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION LEGALLY TO, UH, SO MAYOR, I, WE DON'T HAVE NO WHERE WE CAN GET SOME RELIEF TAGS THAT YOU COULD WELL, HE'S, THE CHIEF IS GOING TO GO ADDRESS, GO ALL THROUGH IT BECAUSE, UH, IT WAS SOME LOOPHOLE STUFF AND CLASSIC, IF THEY'RE CLASSIC, YOU DON'T NEED TO GET AN INSPECTION.
AND THEN, ANYWAY, BUT THE CHIEF HAS BEEN, BUT I WENT OUT THERE AND, AND, AND, AND WE VISITED AND YEAH.
THESE, I MEAN, HOW WOULD YOU JUST LIKE TO HAVE SOMEONE ELSE'S VEHICLE PARKED IN FRONT OF YOUR HOME? DOES CITY STREET, DOES IT MAKE, UM, BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET WHERE VEHICLES HAVE TROUBLE GETTING ACROSS BECAUSE OF COMING, PICKING UP? MA'AM, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE MICROPHONE PLEASE? UM, IT, OH, IT'S NOT PICKING, PICKING UP ON THE VIDEO.
SO I'M GONNA READ THE ITEM, DEBORAH, YOU OKAY? IF YOU DON'T MIND, KEEP YOUR PLACE, UH, BECAUSE THE COUNCIL IS GONNA INTER WANT TO INTERACT WITH YOU BECAUSE WE WANT TO TRY TO FIX THIS TONIGHT.
WHATEVER WE CAN WITHIN, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE PERIMETERS OF THE LAW.
UH, LET ME GO AHEAD AND READ THAT, THAT ITEM HERE.
REVIEW AND DISCUSS PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLIC STREETS, ALLEYS, PARKWAYS, AND TAKE ACTION AS NECESSARY.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE AGENDA AT THE REQUEST OF MAYOR BENTON TO PROVIDE CITY COUNCIL WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
CHAPTER 28, ARTICLE THREE, SECTION 28 DASH 1 0 3 PROVIDES LIMITATIONS FOR VEHICLES PARKING ON PUBLIC STREETS, ALLEYS, AND PARKWAYS, A PRESENTATION WITH CURRENT RESTRICTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS, UH, AND AMENDMENTS IS ATTACHED FOR REVIEW.
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RECOMMEND AMENDMENTS TO THESE PROVISIONS, STAFF WILL PREPARE AN ORDINANCE PROVISION, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED FOR CONSIDERATION AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING.OKAY, SO IN THIS, UM, IN YOUR BINDERS, THERE ARE, UH, SOME SHEETS HERE.
Y'ALL GO THROUGH YOUR BINDER THERE.
SO THE, THE CURRENT, OH, OKAY.
I'M, I'M LOOKING AT PAPER, SIR.
WE'VE GOT, SO OUR, OUR CURRENT REGULATIONS FOR PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLIC STREET ALLEYS AND PARKWAYS IS LIMITED TO VEHICLES WITH A GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATING OF 15,001 POUNDS.
UH, SO ESSENTIALLY NO COMMERCIAL, UH, MOTOR VEHICLES.
VEHICLES MAY NOT REMAIN PARKED AT THE SAME LOCATION FOR MORE THAN 48 CONSECUTIVE HOURS.
AND PARKING OR STANDING OF ANY OTHER TYPE OF VEHICLE OR EQUIPMENT IS PROHIBITED TO INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO TRAILERS, POLE TRAILERS, SEMI TRAILERS, HOUSE TRAILERS, TRAVEL TRAILERS, MOTOR HOMES, RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, FLATBED TRAILERS, CATTLE TRAILERS, BOATS ON TRAILERS, DUMP TRUCKS, ROAD TRACTORS, SPECIAL MOBILE EQUIPMENT, TOWABLE, RECREATIONAL VEHICLES OR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AS DEFINED BY THE TRANSPORTATION CODE AS AMENDED.
SO THAT'S THE CURRENT REGULATIONS FOR STREET PARKING.
SOME SUGGESTED CHANGES WOULD BE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VEHICLES PARKING ON OUR PUBLIC ROADWAYS ARE USED FOR REGULAR OR CONSISTENT COMMUTING PURPOSES.
SO ESSENTIALLY REMOVING THE PUBLIC STREETS FROM A A PARKING LOT, UH, VEHICLES MUST ALSO HAVE ACTIVE INSURANCE POLICY WITH STATE REQUIRED MINIMUM COVERAGES AND VEHICLES FOUND OUT OF COMPLIANCE WOULD BE TOWED AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE.
OUR OWNERS TYPICALLY GIVEN A WARNING BEFORE IT'S TOWED.
IT DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF VIOLATION.
SO TYPICALLY, WHETHER IF IT'S A STATE LAW VIOLATION, IF IT'S A TRANSPORTATION CODE VIOLATION, IF IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE, UH, WE HAVE PARAMETERS WHERE WE CAN TOW THE VEHICLE, UH, IN THE TRANSPORTATION CODE.
UM, IF IT'S A 48 HOUR SITUATION WHERE THE VEHICLE HASN'T MOVED FOR 48 HOURS OR IS DEFINED AS JUNK, UH, WHICH THERE'S CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT HAVE TO BE MET FOR THAT, THEN A LOT OF TIMES YOU'LL SEE THE ORANGE STICKER PUT ON THE CARS, WHICH IS A WARNING.
UH, AFTER 48 HOURS WE'RE ALLOWED TO TOW THE VEHICLE AT THAT TIME.
IF THE ISSUE IS NOT, UH, REMEDIED, HOW DO YOU KNOW IF IT'S BEEN 48 HOURS? SO ON THE ORANGE STICKER, UH, IF WE PUT AN ORANGE STICKER FOR 48 HOURS, IT HAS THE DATE AND TIME THAT THE STICKER WAS PLACED ON THE VEHICLE, UH, NOT MOVING.
SO IF WE GO BACK TO A REGULATION THAT THE VEHICLE CAN'T REMAIN AT THE SAME LOCATION FOR MORE THAN 48 HOURS IS A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING.
UH, THE ORDINANCE DOESN'T DEF DEFINE WHAT, UH, MOVING OR REMAINING AT THE SAME LOCATION.
SO IF IT'S MOVED FIVE FEET, IF THEY TRAVEL TO THE STORE AND COME BACK, UH, AND DON'T PARK AT THE EXACT LOCATION, IT CREATES AN ENFORCEMENT ISSUE WITH THAT 48 HOUR.
SO I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU, CHIEF.
UH, I GUESS ME PERSONALLY, I GOT, MY BOYS HAVE CARS AND SOMEONE, 'EM WILL GET PARKED IN THE STREET IF WE GO ON VACATION FOR A WEEK.
HOW DOES THAT HANDLED? THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT.
THAT, THAT WOULD, I MEAN, ALL MY CARS ARE INSURANCE REGISTRATION UP TO DATE.
SO TECHNICALLY IT WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF NOT REMAINING AT THE SAME LOCATION FOR MORE THAN 40 MINUTES.
THAT'S WHY THAT'S THAT'S VERY IT TOUGH.
WITH THE SPRING BREAK JUST PASSED, I KNOW MY NEIGHBORS WENT TO MEXICO AND IF THEY HAD LEFT A CAR ON THE CURB, YEAH, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY COULD HAVE GOT TOWED.
AND IF YOU CHANGE IT TO, I'M JUST KIND OF THINKING AHEAD.
IF YOU SAY YOU CAN'T REMAIN PARKED IN THE SAME BLOCK, WELL NOW THEY'RE JUST GONNA MOVE THE CAR TO THE NEXT BLOCK AND PARK IN FRONT OF THEIR I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU, CHIEF.
IF THEY, UM, THEY, THEY CHECK THE CAR, THEY FIND OUT THEY DON'T HAVE INSURANCE.
IS THERE A GRACE PERIOD BETWEEN THE, THE, THE TIME THEY DON'T HAVE INSURANCE IN ORDER TO GET IT? WELL, THAT WOULD ONLY BE IF, IF WE APPROVED THAT AMENDMENT.
THAT IS NOT A CURRENT REGULATION.
THAT'S A SUGGESTED AMENDMENT THAT IF THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE INSURANCE.
UH, SO AGAIN, IF YOU, IF YOU HAD AN ACCIDENT OR A CRASH WITH THE VEHICLE THAT'S PARKED ON THE ROADWAY, UH, AND FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT VEHICLE THAT WAS PARKED WAS FOUND AT FAULT, IF THEY DON'T HAVE INSURANCE, THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE'S GONNA BE ON THE HOOK FOR IT.
THAT WOULD GO FOR THE REGISTRATION TOO.
NOW YOU HAVE TO HAVE VALID REGISTRATION.
SO THAT'S WHY DON'T WE HAVE TO HAVE VALID RE REGISTRATION IF YOU'RE PARKED IN THE STREET, IF YOU DRIVE BY THERE AND YOU SEE A CAR, I MEAN, I'M JUST ASKING, I DON'T KNOW.
DO WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT? IF, IF I HAVE ONE OF MY CARS THAT DOESN'T HAVE A VALID RESTRICTION ON THE STREET, I BELIEVE THE GRACE PERIOD IS CODE ENFORCEMENT USUALLY GIVES YOU A, A WARNING, HEY, YOU OUGHT TO.
THE GRACE PERIOD FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY REGISTRATION AND PUBLIC PROPERTY IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
I BELIEVE IT'S A MONTH FOR PUBLIC PROPERTY.
AND, AND IT MAY BE A LITTLE LONGER IF IT'S PARKED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THERE'S NO ORDINANCE OR ZONING AGAINST OPERATING A BUSINESS.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M WONDERING IS IF THIS LIKE A BUSINESS OR IS THIS A MECHANIC? IT IS JUST A PERSON WHO HAS A LOT OF PERSONAL VEHICLES.
HE JUST BRING THEM IN AND PARK 'EM.
ONE THAT'S IN THE DRIVEWAY, HE HAD IT TOWED.
IS THESE OTHER VEHICLES, DO THEY, ARE THEY EXPIRED? ARE THERE, DOES
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IT HAVE CURRENT TAGS THAT I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT COULD BECAUSE DON'T THEY HAVE TO HAVE, BE INSPECTED.SO IN THIS, IT'S NOT INSPECTED.
FOR THESE TWO CARS, THEY SPECIFICALLY HAVE THE ANTIQUE LICENSE PLATES.
THAT'S A REGISTRATION THAT'S GOOD FOR FIVE YEARS.
SO THEY'RE COMPLIANT WITH THE REGISTRATION STANDARDS PER THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN CURRENTLY.
BUT COULD WE CHANGE THAT TO IGNORE THAT? UH, YOU COULD CHANGE THE ORDINANCE.
UM, WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST TO GIVE THIS LADY SOME RELIEF IN THE, IN THE ISSUE? SO WE, THERE'S FOUR OR FIVE SPOTS AROUND ROSE ROSENBERG THAT HAVE THIS ISSUE.
SO WITH THE ANTIQUE VEHICLE, PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT IS IT CANNOT BE A DAILY DRIVER TO QUALIFY FOR THAT REGISTRATION.
UH, YOU CAN ONLY DRIVE THAT VEHICLE TO GET MAINTENANCE DONE ON IT OR TO DRIVE TO A PARADE OR AN EXHIBITION OF SOME SORT.
IT CANNOT BE A DAILY COMMUTER.
SO ONE OF THE CHANGES WE'VE SUGGESTED HERE WOULD THAT YOUR VEHICLE HAS TO BE USED FOR REGULAR CONSISTENT COMMUTING PURPOSES.
NOW THAT WOULD PUT A LOT OF DISCRETION ON THE OFFICER TO MAKE THAT JUDGMENT CALL, UH, BASED ON THE SITUATION IF THE CAR IS, UH, MOVING AND BEING USED OR NOT.
UH, BUT RIGHT NOW YOU COULD HAVE A CAR.
THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN, AS LONG AS YOUR REGISTRATION IS GOOD, THE TIRES ARE INFLATED, IT RUNS, YOU CAN CRANK IT UP.
AND IF YOU MOVE IT EVERY 48 HOURS, YOU'RE NOT IN VIOLATION OF, OF THE CURRENT ORDINANCE.
SO BASICALLY PEOPLE ARE, CAN LEGALLY USE THE STREET WHICH, WHICH, WHICH IS MADE FOR TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY FOR A PRIVATE, NOT A PRIVATE, BUT THEIR OWN PARKING LOT, THEIR DRIVEWAY, IF YOU WILL.
WELL, THIS WOULD PROBABLY ONLY EXIST IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T HAVE AN HOA BECAUSE I KNOW MANY NEIGHBORHOODS DO.
AND THE HOAS WOULD HANDLE THIS.
DO HOAS, DO HOAS HAVE AUTHORITY OVER CITY STREETS? THEY DO HAVE AUTHORITY ABOUT PARKING STUFF.
'CAUSE I KNOW 'CAUSE ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS GOT IN TROUBLE FOR IT.
BUT THEY, THEY CAN RESTRICT A LOT OF THINGS.
EVEN WHAT COLOR YOUR GRASS IS WHAT BLADE OF GRASS YOU CAN GROW.
WHAT'S THE, UH, ON THE PUBLIC PROPERTY? I THINK IT'S A LITTLE HARDER FOR HOA TO, THERE MAY BE A LOT OF BARK AND NOT A LOT OF BITE.
WELL I KNOW THEY, THEY GOT ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS FOR PARKING A DISABLED VEHICLE.
IT WAS A VEHICLE THAT WASN'T OPERATING.
AND OUR HOA DID MAKE HIM, I'VE NEVER SEEN IT AGAIN AFTER WE REPORTED IT TO THE HOA.
YEAH, A LOT OF IT'S BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
BUT I KNOW THAT THEY, THEY DO.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THIS REALLY WOULD COME UP IN, IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE REGULATED BY HOAS.
WHAT'S THE WIDTH ON THAT STREET? MM-HMM.
WHAT IS THE WIDTH ON THAT STREET? THAT TIGHT, TIGHT.
I MEAN, OH, IT'S A TIGHT, WE KNOW RICHARD.
I MEAN RICHARD RIGO, I WAS GONNA ASK HOW MANY, IT'S IT'S PROBABLY A 26 FOOT STREET.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARKING REGULATIONS HERE.
JUNK VEHICLE ORDINANCE WOULD BE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT ORDINANCE.
BUT YOU COULD POTENTIALLY STRENGTHEN UP THE JUNK VEHICLE ORDINANCE THAT THE CAR HAS TO BE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING.
BUT AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO DEFINE THAT.
YOU PUT DISCRETION ON THE OFFICER.
NOWADAYS YOU GOT THESE NICE SEVENTIES TRUCKS LOOK RUSTED AND THEY GOT THIS NICE CLEAR KNOT THAT I'VE SEEN THEM.
SO YOU CAN'T REALLY SAY, OH, 'CAUSE IT'S RUSTED.
I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO GET INTO THAT.
WE JUST NEED TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE JUST LONG TERM LEAVING THEIR CARS, JUNKY CARS AT THAT WOULD BE BIG THING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW.
I THINK THESE, THESE AMENDMENTS WOULD HELP THAT, THAT THEY'RE HERE IN RED.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO COUNSEL, DO Y'ALL THINK THESE ARE O TOO OVERREACHING? THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY THE QUESTION FOR, FOR US AS A GROUP TONIGHT.
RICHARD, DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THESE RED SUGGESTIONS? ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION WITH THE SUBJECT? WITH THE SUGGESTIONS? 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE BEING ASKED.
BUT HOW MANY ARE ON THERE? HOW MANY DOES HE HAVE? LIKE FOUR.
HE HAS ONE IN THE GARAGE, TWO IN THE DRIVEWAY, AND THREE PARKED ON THE STREET.
SO THAT THREE, THAT'S, THAT'S TWO TOO MANY
AND, BUT WELL, I MEAN, YEAH, YOU CAN'T GO BY HOW MANY CARS THEY HAVE.
IT'S, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT DRIVING FOR JUST SEVEN.
THE ONLY ONE I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IS, IS LIKE Y'ALL WERE SAYING, IF YOU LEAVE ON VACATION FOR A WEEK, UM, YOU KNOW, I I THINK HAVING INSURANCE AND CURRENT TAGS IS, IS, IS GOOD.
SO, SO TO BE CLEAR, THE VACATION ON A WEEK SCENARIO, THAT'S A CURRENT VIOLATION.
NOT, NOT A PROPOSED VIOLATION.
BUT THAT'S ALREADY KIND OF SCARY.
'CAUSE YOU'RE LIKE, IF I JUST GO ON VACATION, I'VE GOTTA PUT ALL MY CARS ON THE DRIVEWAY OR THE GARAGE
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IN MY PROPERTY ON TOP OF INSIDE GARAGE.WELL, YOU GOTTA ASK YOURSELF, DO YOU OWN THE STREET? YOU, IF YOU HAVE SEVEN CARS OR THREE CARS, TAXES, WHETHER YOU GO OUT OF TOWN OR NOT, WHY ARE, WHY ARE YOU PARKING YOUR CARS LONG TERM ON THE CITY STREET? OKAY, SO LEMME ASK YOU A QUESTION, MAYOR.
WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE DRIVE ON THE ALLEYS? SHOULD WE LET 'EM DRIVE IN THE ALLEYS? THEY DO DRIVE IN THE ALLEYS.
I KNOW, BUT THE ALLEYS ARE FOR THE CITY.
IT'S MORE FOR NO, THAT'S, THEY'RE NOT, I MEAN WE CAN, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T WAY SWORD.
YOU CAN'T PARK AND BLOCK THE ALLEY.
BUT WE SHOULDN'T DRIVE THROUGH THE ALLEYS TO CUT THROUGH TO GO FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
LOOKING AT THESE PICTURES HERE, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO SO THAT HE DOESN'T PARK AND BLOCK THE SIDEWALK? I WAS GONNA SIDEWALK SAME THING.
SO YOU CANNOT BLOCK THE SIDEWALK.
SO MAYBE WE SHOULD TELL HIM TO MOVE IT FROM, YOU KNOW, NOT WHEN YOU PARK YOUR CAR.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT DRIVEWAY, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU PARK IN THAT DRIVEWAY WITHOUT BLOCKING THE SIDEWALK.
I BROUGHT THAT UP, BUT SHE DIDN'T.
YEAH, IT IS HARD TO, HARD TO DO BECAUSE IT'S DRIVEWAY.
WELL HAVE TO PARK A LITTLE BIT FARTHER OUT NOW.
SO IN THAT, IN THAT MODEL, HE WOULD ACTUALLY PUT THAT CAR IN THE STREET AND CONGEST IT EVEN MORE IF HE COULDN'T PARK IN HIS DRIVEWAY.
HIS DRIVEWAY'S ONLY LIKE SIX FOOT.
WHAT ABOUT WITH NO PARKING SIGN? I MEAN, I, I DON'T SEE A MAP.
I JUST, Y'ALL SAY WILSON STREET, LET ME LOOK IT UP IN MY PHONE.
WILSON STREET, YOU COULD ALSO DO A NO PARK, NO PARKING FOR THAT STREET.
BUT THAT'S GONNA IMPACT EVERYBODY THAT LIVES ON THE STREET.
WELL 'CAUSE PEOPLE WANNA PARK ON THE STREET, RIGHT? YEAH.
THE, THE PROBLEM ISN'T SOMEBODY PARKING, IT'S SOMEBODY LONG TERM PARKING A VEHICLE THAT THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF REALLY MOVING.
BUT THAT'S THE THING IS THAT WE SAID IT'S ALREADY ILLEGAL.
IS THAT BEHIND BLOCKBUSTER AND ALL 48 HOURS, RIGHT? YEAH.
BUT IT'S A, IT'S A CROSS LANE DRIVE THOUGH.
IT'S ON SO, UH, EAST SIDE OF LANE ON THE OTHER VEHICLE, IS THAT PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET LIKE THAT? IS THAT A, UH, A NUISANCE FOR LIKE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THEM TO GET THROUGH? IF THAT'S GONNA CAUSE AN ISSUE, I THINK WE SHOULD TELL 'EM TO.
SO IF IT WAS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE, WE COULD CERTAINLY TOW IT.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE BLOCKING THE ROADWAY.
IT'D BE A SHAME IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN'T GET THERE.
AND THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS ABOUT THE FIRST PROPOSED AMENDMENT THAT'S IN RED IS VEHICLES MUST BE USED FOR REGULAR OR CONSISTENT COMMUTING PURPOSES.
BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE HARD, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR OFFICERS TO REALLY KNOW.
LIKE YOU HAVE TO REALLY GET INTO THE FACTS.
LIKE, DID YOU GO TO WORK AT FIVE IN THE MORNING AND COME BACK BY EIGHT OR, YOU KNOW, TO INVESTIGATE THAT.
OR DO YOU WORK GRAVEYARDS AND NOBODY SEES YOU LEAVE AND COME BACK AND IT, IT WOULD LEAVE A LOT OF DISCRETION AND JUDGMENT MM-HMM
FOR THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION.
SO WHETHER THEY DROVE BY THAT LOCATION MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY OR AT NIGHT, A LOT OF TIMES THESE COMPLAINTS ARE, ARE UH, ARE THESE INVESTIGATIONS FOR THESE TYPE OF INCIDENTS OR COMPLAINT DRIVEN, NOT NECESSARILY PROACTIVE, RIGHT.
UM, SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT LIKE IF I GO ON VACATION AND MARY BEN WANTS TO SAY, HEY, HECTOR'S LEFT ON VACATION, GO GET HIS TRUCK.
BE CAPTAIN
I BELIEVE THE FIFTH ON THAT ONE.
FEUD NEIGHBOR FEUDS CAN GET VERY NASTY.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL SEEN THIS SHOW ABOUT THAT.
WELL HECTOR, IF YOU NEED A PLACE TO PARK YOUR CARS, TAKE 'EM DOWN TO 11.
BILLY LAWRENCE, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE I ASKED YOU MY CAR REPORT, MY TRUCKS AND THEY'LL BE COVERED THERE AND YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT NO HAIL DAMAGE.
AND IT DOES ME A FAVOR 'CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY'S THERE IN THE BUILDING.
SO YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT ONE.
AND MARY, IF I CAN JUMP IN WITH ONE THING PLEASE.
SO I WAS WITH THE REGULAR OR CONSISTENT COMMUTING PURPOSES.
NEVER, NEVER SEEN ANY CITIES USE THAT LANGUAGE.
CHIEF WHITE AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT IT RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING AND I UNDERSTAND WHY HE PICKED THAT.
UM, WHICH LANGUAGE, WHICH ONE? THE REGULAR CONSISTENT COMMUTING PURPOSES.
UM, I, I THINK THAT WOULD GIVE YOU A LOT OF, UH, ENFORCEMENT PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM
WE, WE NEED AN OBJECTIVE STANDARD.
MOST CITIES JUST USE NUMBER OF HOURS, THINGS LIKE THAT TO, TO UH, REGULATE THAT SORT OF THING.
YOU, YOU, YOU WOULD POTENTIALLY HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE ON VAGUENESS.
AND I WOULD FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE IF THEY DIDN'T PUT THE STICKER AND TAG.
I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD BE GIVEN A WARNING, HEY, THIS VEHICLE WE KNOW, WE, WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON SIR.
OR MA'AM PUT, PUT THE STICKER AND YOU GOT TIME, YOU REALLY NEED TO MOVE THAT VEHICLE.
I MEAN THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO.
BUT AGAIN, TO HER SITUATION'S VERY UNIQUE.
AND IF WE'RE TRYING TO HELP HER WITH, SO YES.
NO, EVEN IN HER SITUATION, YOU KNOW, IF WE, WHATEVER WE AGREED TONIGHT, I, I WOULD WANT TO GIVE ANYBODY IN ANY SITUATION THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT, PUT THAT STICKER ON THERE AND SAY, OKAY, WE'VE CHANGED THE RULES HERE.
UH, BUT DO WE NEED TO CHANGE THE RULES? I THINK YOU SAID THAT, THAT THERE'S ALREADY A STANDARD THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE A VEHICLE FOR 48 HOURS THAT'S CURRENT.
SO MAYBE WE JUST NEED TO ENFORCE THAT, THAT ONE BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S NOT PROACTIVE POLICING.
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LIKE A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION.SO MAYBE JUST HAVE SOME ENFORCEMENT FOCUS THERE AND SEE IF THAT DOESN'T HELP.
BUT THE REALITY IS YEAH, HE CAN JUST, IF THOSE ARE HIS CARS AND HE OWNS THEM, BUT HE CAN JUST MOVE IT EVERYWHERE.
IT'S, BUT, BUT THE PROBLEM IS IF YOU THEN CRACK DOWN JUST FOR THIS SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCE, IT KIND OF PUTS HEAVY REGULATION ON EVERYBODY IN THE CITY WHERE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT WE INTENDED TO DO OVER THERE OFF OF AIRPORT, YOU KNOW, THE STREETS THAT, UM, CYPRESS AND ALL THAT, WHERE THOSE APARTMENTS ARE.
WE, WE MADE SOME, UM, ORDINANCES ABOUT, UH, ABOUT OVERNIGHT PARKING.
AND IS THERE A, A LENGTH OF STREET THAT WE CAN DO THAT? SHE DOESN'T WANT IT BECAUSE I HAVE CHILDREN COMING.
THE PROBLEM IS NOT AND FAMILY, THE PROBLEM IS THIS GUY, THIS GUY'S PARKING HIS CAR, HE'S LEAVING THEM AND THEY'RE OLD CARS THAT DON'T RUN AND WELL THEY DON'T RUN.
HOW DOES HE MOVE THEM? HE JUMPED 'EM.
I SAW, I GOT IT ON CAMERA WHERE HE HAD THE HOOD UP ON BOTH AND HE WAS JUMPING THEM.
SO HE RIGHT AFTER THE POLICE JUMPED, HE MOVES IT A FEW FEET AND MM-HMM
THEN HE'S IN COMPLIANCE AND NOBODY MESSING WITH HIM.
HE'S, SO MAYBE IT'LL RUN LONG ENOUGH TO GO, BUT IF, IF YOU TURN OUT ON THE ROAD AND GET ON LANE DRIVE AND GET ON IT, IT WON'T GO.
SO, SO WHAT TAGS, SO CLASSIC TAGS, YOU CAN'T REALLY USE IT AS A DAILY DRIVER, CORRECT? UH, FOR THE ANTIQUE TAGS.
OH, I THOUGHT IT, YEAH, THERE'S, YOU CAN DRIVE IT, BUT AGAIN IT HAS TO BE FOR, TO GET MAINTENANCE DONE ON IT OR TO TAKE IT TO A SHOW.
OH, I DO NOT, IT'S NOT MADE FOR, FOR DAILY TRANSPORTATION.
LIKE FOR ME, IF I WANNA DRIVE IT LIKE ONCE A WEEK OR SOMETHING.
AND IT'S A FIVE YEAR REGISTRATION.
SO ONCE YOU GET IT RENEWED, YOU DON'T HAVE TO RENEW IT FOR FIVE YEARS.
AND ALL OF THESE CARS HAVE ANTIQUE TAGS.
SO IT IT CHIEF DOES THE ANTIQUE HANG ON, DOES THE ANTIQUE PLATE COVER HIM? I MEAN IS HE, IS IT PERMITTED? SO OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE SAYS AS LONG AS YOUR REGISTRATION IS VALID, SO HIS REGISTRATION IS VALID.
UM, IF THAT COULD BE DEFINED TO EXCLUDE ANTIQUE PLATES, THAT THAT'S A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION.
BUT BUT OUR CURRENT DEAL DOESN'T SAY YOU HAVE TO HAVE INSURANCE.
SO YOU'RE SUGGESTING WE PUT THAT AND THEN THE GUY HAS TO HAVE INSURANCE AND IF HE DOESN'T GOTTA GET 'EM OFF THE ROAD, IT'S JUST ANOTHER MECHANISM THAT, THAT YOU CAN TRY TO, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS.
MAYBE THATS A LAY THE PLATE AND THE VIN NUMBER DON'T MATCH IT.
I BET ALL SEVEN OF YOUR CARS HAVE INSURANCE.
WELL THAT, THAT'S WHY I PAY 900 A MONTH.
THAT'S ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING THEY HAVE TO BE CARS THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY USING AND NOT LIKE JUNK CARS.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA HOLD INSURANCE ON THE CAR.
YOU'RE NOT MORE LIKELY GUYS USING YOU GUYS AND YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE TO USE ANY DISCRETION.
YOU COULD RUN THE PLATES AND SEE.
SO THAT REMOVES THE DISCRETION.
WELL I MEAN YOU'RE ABLE TO CONFIRM SOMETHING.
THE INSURANCE CAN BE CONFIRMED.
IT'S EITHER HE HAS IT OR IT DOESN'T.
IT'S NOT LIKE A DID YOU MOVE IT TODAY OR NOT TYPE OF THING.
SO LET'S PULL THE COUNSEL AND SEE IF EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT WITH, AT LEAST WITH BULLET NUMBER TWO, THAT IF YOU'RE GONNA BE PARKED ON THE STREET, FELIX, YOU SHOULD HAVE TO HAVE INSURANCE.
I AGREE 'CAUSE I HAVE CARS WITH NO INSURANCE, BUT THEY'RE UNDER A FENCE THAT YOU CAN'T SEE 'EM BECAUSE I GOT TWO MORE THAT I HAVEN'T GOT OUT
UM, BUT THEY'RE NOT ON THE STREET.
NO, THEY'RE NOT ON THE STREET.
BUT I DO AGREE LIKE CHIEF MENTIONED.
WHAT ABOUT IF I PARK ONE OF MY CARS AND IT'S WRONG PARKED AND, AND SOMEBODY ELSE COMES AND HITS ME.
THE OTHER PERSON'S INSURANCE OR I GO HIT SOMEBODY DOESN'T HAVE INSURANCE PARKED.
I THINK, UH, I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR NO INSURANCE IF YOU'RE PARKING IN THE STREET.
JESSICA, YOU WELL FOR IN, IF YOU PARK IN THE STREET, YES.
DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE INS? HERE'S THE QUESTION.
DO WE WANT TO CHANGE THE ORDINANCE TO REQUIRE PEOPLE TO HAVE INSURANCE IF THEY'RE GOING TO PARK ON CITY STREET AND ALLEYWAYS? ALL DEPENDS ON SITUATION.
I HAVE, I HAVE THE SAME THING OVER GREENWOOD AROUND THAT BACKSIDE.
THEY PARKED THEIR CARS IN THEIR BACKYARD.
DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE TO HAVE INSURANCE TO PARK ON THE CITY STREET? SURE.
DO YOU KNOW IF THESE CARS HAVE INSURANCE? THESE VEHICLES? I'M NOT SURE THEY CAN CHECK THOUGH.
BUT I THINK WITH CLASSIC, I DON'T THINK YOU, YOU THE MAN, HE WOULD NEED INSURANCE TO GET THE REGISTRATION.
WHY? AND IT'D TAKE IT OFF AND THEN IT'S GOOD FOR FIVE YEARS.
BUT THE INSURANCE IS NOT RIGHT.
HE STILL HAS TO HAVE THE INSURANCE.
IF HE'S TRAVELING TO A SHOW FOR INSURANCE, THE CAR IS JUST, WELL THEY CAN INTERACT WITH HIM AND ASK HIM TO SHOW PROOF OF INSURANCE.
NO, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS RUN YOUR LICENSE.
YEAH, WE CAN CHECK THAT ON THE LICENSE PLATE.
YOU, YOU DON'T, ALRIGHT, SO WE NEED A MOTION.
NO, WE, WE STILL GOT ANOTHER ONE OF THESE BULLETS.
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SO THE FIRST BULLET, CONSISTENT COMMUTING PURPOSES.THE CITY ATTORNEY DOESN'T LIKE THE LANGUAGE.
I THINK WE SHOULD, I THINK YOU'D HAVE A LOT EASIER TIME ENFORCING IT IF YOU HAD A SET NUMBER OF HOURS, SET NUMBER OF DAYS, THAT SORT OF THING.
AND WE ALREADY HAVE A SET NUMBER OF HOURS.
WE SHOULD JUST REMOVE THAT ONE.
RIGHT? ALRIGHT, SO LET'S GO DOWN TO THE LAST BULLET AND SEE WHICH ALL FIELD VEHICLES FOUND OUT OF COMPLIANCE WILL BE TOWED IT OWNER'S EXPENSE.
WITH THE WARNING WITH THAT PLASTIC STICKER.
AND I MEAN WE NEED TO GIVE THEM PROBABLY 48 HOURS.
THAT'S, THAT'S OUTTA THE TRANSPORTATION.
SO, SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS SCENARIO.
IF HE HAS A CAR PARKED ON THE STREET, YOU SLAP A WARNING STICKER ON IT, THEN HE MOVES IT ONTO HIS DRIVEWAY AND SWAPS IT WITH ANOTHER CAR, NO PROBLEM.
THREE DAYS AND THEN BRINGS IT BACK, BACK OUT.
BUT HE'S GIVEN WARNING FOR NO INSURANCE.
BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE INSURANCE.
YOU STILL GOTTA HAVE INSURANCE.
BUT I'M SAYING IF HE HAS INSURANCE ON THE CAR THAT'S IN THE DRIVEWAY, PARKS IT IN THE STREET PARKS THAT ONE INSIDE.
NOW HE'S JUST SWAPPED VEHICLE.
WELL I GUESS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING MAYBE IS DOES IT RESET? SO LET'S SAY I HAVE A CAR THAT IS OUTTA COMPLIANCE.
HE GAVE ME A STICKER, I MOVE IT FOR FIVE HOURS AND THEN JUST PUT IT BACK.
WELL, THE WAY YOU, YOU'RE ASKING US TO DO IT.
YES, YOU COULD JUST, IF IT WAS ON THE SPOT AND YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY HAVE AGGRESSIVE ENFORCEMENT WITH PARKING, THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.
THERE'S NO FOOLPROOF WAY OF GETTING THE RIGHT.
WELL WHAT IF YOU CAN JUST WRITE A TICKET RATHER THAN TOW IT? 'CAUSE THEN YOU COULD DO IT WITHOUT WARNING.
WELL WHY DON'T WE, WHY DON'T WE JUST DO ONE THING AT A TIME HERE AND YEAH, GIVE HIM A TICKET WITH NO WARNING TICKET.
'CAUSE THEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE LITTLE MUSICAL CARS ISSUE.
YOU AIN'T GOTTA HAVE A TICKET.
UH, SO A TITLE TO STAND FOR SALVAGE.
I I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GIVE HIM A WARNING.
WE'LL JUST SHUFFLE CARDS AROUND.
IF IF WE, THAT'S WHAT HE'S DOING NOW.
HE'LL, HE'LL, HE'LL SHUFFLE 'EM AROUND AND AVOID IT.
AND THEN, UH, IF YOU GIVE HIM A TICKET EVERY TIME THAT THAT CAR TOUCHES THE STREET, HE, HE WON'T, IT WON'T EVER TOUCH THE STREET.
IT WOULD BE CHEAPER TO GET INSURANCE IF THAT.
DEBBIE, DO YOU THINK THE UH, THE THE THE TICKETS, I MEAN THE STICKER, THE WARNING STICKER WOULD BE, WOULD NOT BE HELPFUL.
I MEAN HE DID COME PUT STICKERS IN.
I SAW HIM TAKE 'EM IN THROUGH.
SO WHEN HE, YEAH, BUT HE TOOK THE STICKER OFF.
DID HE MOVE THE VEHICLE? HE MOVED ONE, ONE.
HE PUT IN THE DRIVEWAY AND PUT THE BLACK CAR THAT HE'S USUALLY DRIVE ON THE STREET.
NOW THE TRUCK, HE KIND OF PUSHED IT, NOT PUSHED IT, BUT IT, HE DROVE IT AROUND AND PULLED IT UP.
BUT HE DID BOOST IT WHERE HE, BEFORE HE COULD DRIVE IT.
SO IT'S JUST LIKE A, EVERY TIME SOMEBODY COME AND CHECK IT, HE'S JUST PLAYING THAT MUSIC.
SO YOU THINK PUTTING A STICKER WON'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM? I DON'T THINK SO.
HIM, BECAUSE THAT, BRANDON, WHAT DO YOU ON THE STREET FOR YEARS? STICKER OR NO STICKER AND YOU'RE NOT A COUNSELOR AS FAR AS A WARNING? BEFORE ISSUING UH, BEFORE TOWING OR BEFORE ISSUING A A TICKET? I BEFORE TOWING THEM.
I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE THE STICKER.
WELL, I, I THINK IT, IT DOES ADD A LAYER OF DUE PROCESS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A WARNING AHEAD OF TIME.
UM, I WILL SAY WITH YOU CAN GIVE 'EM THE TICKET, BUT, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUALLY REMOVING SOMEBODY'S PERSONAL PROPERTY, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING THAT WITHOUT WARNING THEM.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS RATHER THAN TOWING, GIVE A TICKET INSTEAD OF TOWING.
'CAUSE THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT, GIVE THEM 48 AND THEN OUR POLICE ARE HAVING TO COME BACK.
I MEAN, PEOPLE COULD BE BLEEDING SOMEWHERE AND THEY'RE OVER HERE TIMING A VEHICLE.
YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD USE OF THEIR TIME EITHER.
SO I, I MEAN AT LEAST WITH REGARD TO TOWING THERE, UM, YOU DO HAVE SOME FOURTH AMENDMENT CONCERNS BECAUSE IT IS A SEIZURE OF YOUR VEHICLE.
UM, AND WE WOULD BE KIND OF THE TIP OF THE SPEAR ON THIS, I THINK IT'S A DEFENSIBLE POSITION.
THERE'S, UH, ONE CASE OUTTA THE DALLAS COURT OF APPEALS WHERE A CITY PASSED AN ORDINANCE THAT SAID IF YOU'RE PULLED OVER AND YOU DON'T HAVE PROOF OF INSURANCE, THEY TOW YOUR CAR EVERY TIME ON THE SPOT.
CITY GOT SUED FOR IT, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS UPHELD AS CONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE IT'S ILLEGAL TO OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE, UM, WITHOUT INSURANCE IN THE STATE.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THERE'S A RATIONAL BASIS FOR GETTING THOSE VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW OF ANY CITIES THAT HAVE DONE THIS, BUT I DO THINK IT'S, IT'S DEFENSIBLE.
BUT I THINK WHAT WHAT WE WERE SUGGESTING WAS INSTEAD OF TOWING, DELETE, TOWING MM-HMM
YOU JUST GET A TICKET AND IF FOR SOME REASON THE POLICE ARE MISTAKEN, THEN THEY GO TO COURT AND THAT GETS HASHED OUT THERE.
RATHER THAN OUR POLICE TRYING TO SIT AND BABYSIT CARS THAT ARE PARKED ON THE STREET.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE STATE STATUTE THAT WHEN YOU GO TO COURT, IF YOU SHOW THEM YOUR PROOF OF INSURANCE, THEN YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST DISMISSED.
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FAIR TO THE, TO THE GUY.'CAUSE WE WANNA BE FAIR TO HIM TOO.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S NOT TYING UP OUR POLICE ON SOMETHING THIS ADMINISTRATIVE.
THEY, THEY NEED TO BE SAVING PEOPLE FROM CRIME OR BUILDINGS OR I DON'T KNOW WHAT, BUT THIS IS LIKE A VERY TEDIOUS THING FOR THEM TO DO.
WELL AND, AND EVEN THOUGH, LIKE I SAID, I THINK IT'S A DEFENSIBLE POSITION TO TOW THE CARS.
YOU, YOU DO POTENTIALLY HAVE SOME SEIZURE CLAIMS. I SAID NO.
IF, IF I SAID WE DIDN'T TOW TAKE IT.
IF YOU WRITE A TICKET, NO TOW, WHAT I'M SAYING IS IF YOU WRITE A TICKET AS OPPOSED TO TOWING, YOU GET RID OF THOSE CONCERNS.
THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S BETTER.
AND IF I COULD JUST INTERJECT, NOT TO MAKE IT MORE COMPLICATED, BUT TO ISSUE A TICKET, WE HAVE TO HAVE A VIOLATOR.
SO IF THE CAR'S PARKED THERE AND WE DON'T HAVE A PERSON, WE'VE GOT NO ONE TO ISSUE A TICKET TO.
BUT A LOT OF TIMES THESE VEHICLES THAT ARE PARKED ON THE STREET, UH, THE REGISTERED OWNER IS NOT WHO WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE.
UM, IT JUST CREATES A, A MORE CHALLENGES TO ISSUE A CITATION, UH, FOR THE VEHICLE.
SOMEONE HAS TO SIGN FOR THAT CITATION.
SO WE'D HAVE TO HAVE THE DRIVER THERE TO DO THAT.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS, UM, WHAT ABOUT, AND JUST 'CAUSE YOU GET A TICKET DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GONNA MOVE THE CAR.
I MEAN YOU MAY NO, YOU COULD GET A WARRANT AND THEN YEAH.
BUT
UM, SO IF OUR GOAL IS TO MOVE THE CAR AND GET IT OFF THE ROAD, WE HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY HAVE TO TAKE AN AGGRESSIVE APPROACH AND, AND REMINDING YOU THAT THIS IS NOT JUST FOR THIS STREET.
SO SO YOU DON'T THINK SO THERE'S NO WAY TO ISSUE A TICKET FOR A VEHICLE IF THE PERSON IS NOT WITH IT.
HOW DO PEOPLE GET PARKING TICKETS IF THERE'S NO ONE THERE? IT MAKES IT CHALLENGING.
THEN THEY PUT THE BOOT ON IT WHEN THEY DON'T PAY IT.
THAT, THAT'S MORE OF A DECISION THAT'S MADE, WOULD BE MADE IN MUNICIPAL COURT.
CAN WE GET SOME BOOTS? THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER DISCUSSION.
IF YOU HAVE A PARKING, WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A PARKING ENFORCEMENT AND ISSUE ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS VERSUS CRIMINAL CITATIONS.
UH, SO YOU'RE SAYING THIS IS MORE ADMINISTRATIVE THAN THAT WOULD BE EASIER.
BUT THIS IS HANDLED JUST LIKE A SPEEDING TICKET, RIGHT.
WHERE A DRIVER IS STOPPED, THEY SIGN A PROMISE TO APPEAR IN MUNICIPAL COURT TO ADDRESS THE FINE.
BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE A DRIVER, WE JUST HAVE A, A VEHICLE, UM, IT COULD CREATE AN ENFORCEMENT ISSUE WITH ISSUE IN THAT CITATION.
HERE'S MY MOTION VEHICLES MUST HAVE, I MO I'M, I MOVE TO STRIKE THE FIRST BULLET AND I MOVE TO APPROVE THE SECOND AND THIRD BULLET.
WHO WILL SECOND OUT? I'LL SECOND IT.
SECONDED BY COUNCILOR DE GREGORIO.
AND MAYOR, THIS IS JUST A REVIEW AND DISCUSS.
WE'LL, WE'LL BRING BACK AN ORDINANCE.
THE, SO WHAT, WHAT CHIEF WHITE'S TALKING ABOUT IS, IS RIGHT UNDER THE STATE LAW, THE, UH, THE CITATION IS ISSUED TO THE OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE AND YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY GONNA KNOW WHO THAT IS.
SO WE MAY NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AND SEE IF THERE'S A WAY TO ADMINISTRATIVELY ISSUE TICKETS.
UM, LIKE CHIEF SAID, THERE, THERE IS A CHAPTER, MY MOTION IS TO TOW THE VEHICLE.
IF YOU, IF YOU WARN THE GUY, HE'S NEVER GONNA GET IT TOWED BECAUSE HE CAN JUST MOVE IT.
HE'S BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 1998.
BUT I, I THINK IF WE COULD PROPOSE TWO OPTIONS, AN ADMINISTRATIVE OPTION AND THE OPTION WHERE IT GETS TOWED, THAT WAY THE POLICE BASED ON THE CIRCUMSTANCE CAN EITHER JUST WRITE A TICKET ADMINISTRATIVELY OR THEY CAN GIVE THE PROPER WARNING AND HAVE IT TOWED.
'CAUSE THAT WOULD DO AWAY WITH THE PERSON LIKE WHO KEEPS MOVING THE VEHICLE EVERY 22 HOURS MM-HMM
WHAT ABOUT WE MAKE A MOTION TO PROPOSE THIS AND BRING IT BACK.
LET EVERYBODY LET THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE CHIEF, BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL AND SHOW US AND THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY, 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA COME BACK TO US AGAIN.
SO WHY DO WE PROPOSE? WELL, Y'ALL WANT A TABLE AND WE DON'T EVEN NEED THAT.
IT'S REVIEW AND WE CAN JUST BE A SUGGESTION.
WE CAN TABLE AND IT'LL COME ON OUR NEXT AGENDA MEETING.
AND AND IT'S NOT A FORMAL ACTION ITEM ANYWAY.
THIS IS JUST A LOOK, THIS JUST TO, TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THE PROBLEM AND SEE IF Y'ALL WERE, I I DO AGREE PATHETIC BECAUSE LIKE CHIEF SAID, WHAT ABOUT IF, IF I'M DRIVING, I HAD A CAR THAT'S ON THE PARK STREET AND DOESN'T HAVE AN INSURANCE, NOW I HAVE TO PAY FOR IT IF IT WAS, IF THE CAR WAS AT FAULT.
I THINK IF YOU'RE IN THE STREET YOU SHOULD HAVE INSURANCE.
NOW IF YOU HAVE INSIDE YOUR DRIVEWAY, IF YOU DON'T HAVE INSURANCE, THAT'S YOUR, THAT'S ON YOU.
DO BRANDON, CAN Y'ALL, YOU GET TOGETHER WITH THE CHIEF AND ALSO CHIEF, UH, WITH DEBORAH, Y'ALL, YOU POWWOW WITH HER TO SEE IF IT'S GONNA HELP TO GET AROUND THE LOOPHOLES THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRING.
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HOW'S THAT? THAT'S GOOD.ANYTHING IS BETTER THAN NOTHING AT ALL, SIR.
DO YOU HAVE HIS NUMBER? CAN YOU GIVE IT TO HER
IT'S 9 1 1
I FEEL YOUR, I MEAN WE UM, WE SENSE YOUR FRUSTRATION.
I MEAN, TO HAVE A CAR PARKED FOR 20 YEARS IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE.
I SAW THE LAYER OF D DIRT ON IT.
SO AND NOW IT'S CONSTRUCTION ON THE STREET TOO.
WELL, THAT CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO GO AWAY.
IS IS TEMPORARY BUT THAT CAR WAS NOT YEAH, HE'S NOT MOVING IT OR NOTHING.
ALRIGHT, WELL WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
WE'LL WE WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA FORGET YOU.
AND WHAT SHE, HER PICTURES? OH NO, NO RECORD.
OH MA'AM, YOU NEED I SEE 'EM ALL THE TIME.
I'M GONNA PUT 'EM DOWN HERE FOR NEXT TIME.
WE'RE GONNA KEEP THOSE IN THE ARCHIVES.
THAT'S ONE FOR THE ARCHIVES RECORD.
[3. Consideration of and action on the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025. (Luis Garza, Director of Finance) ]
GO TO ITEM NUMBER THREE THEN.THERE'S STILL NO ANSWER STILL.
THIS IS LEWIS HERE, UH, CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.
THE CITY'S AUDIT FIRM WHITLEY PENN HAS COMPLETED THE AUDIT OF THE CITY ROSENBERG'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.
THE CITY HAS RECEIVED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WHICH INDICATES THE CITY HAS PRESENTED ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENT, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN CONFORMITY WITH GAP.
AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ASSURES THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE FREE OF MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT BASED ON THE EXAMINATION OF THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS AND THE DISCLOSURES OF THE FIGURES CONTAINED IN THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT WAS REVIEWED AT THE FINANCE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING ON FEBRUARY 24TH, 2026.
AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ACCEPTANCE OF THE ANNUAL REPORT.
A DRAFT MINUTE EXCERPT OF THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION IS ATTACHED FOR REFERENCE.
A PRINTED DRAFT REPORT OF THE ANNUAL REPORT WAS PROVIDED UNDER SEPARATE COVER ALONG WITH A COPY OF THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORT.
UH, TONIGHT WE HAVE MR. LUPE GARCIA, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM WHITLEY PENN, UH, WHO'S HERE TO PRESENT A SUMMARY OF THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025, THE CITY COUNCIL AND SOME OF THE KEY FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS OF THE REPORT.
UH, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND A ACCEPTANCE OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.
AND I'LL HAND IT OVER TO MR. GARCIA.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
WE'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE AUDIT PROCESS.
I'LL GO THROUGH THE RESULTS OF OUR AUDIT PROCEDURES, COVER SOME FINANCIAL STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS, AND FINALLY END WITH REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS.
OUR AUDIT PROCESS INCLUDED TWO PHASES OF FIELD WORK DURING INTERIM FIELD WORK.
WE FOCUS ON IDENTIFYING THE CITY'S INTERNAL CONTROLS, WHICH ARE THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT THE CITY HAS IN PLACE OVER THOSE AREAS THAT IMPACT YOUR EXTERNAL FINANCIAL REPORTING DIRECTLY.
WE IDENTIFY THE MAJOR PROGRAM AND THE FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT AT THIS POINT IN THE AUDIT AND PERFORM THE MAJORITY OF THE COMPLIANCE TESTING ONCE THE FISCAL YEAR IS OVER.
AND MA, THE CITY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO POST ALL ITS CLOSING ENTRIES AND PREPARE SCHEDULES.
UH, IN PREPARATION FOR FINAL YEAR IN FIELD WORK.
UH, WE FOCUS ON CORROBORATING THAT INFORMATION WITH SOURCE DOCUMENTATION CONFIRMING BALANCES DIRECTLY WITH YOUR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND PERFORMING A VARIETY OF ANALYTICAL AND OTHER SUBSTATIVE PROCEDURES.
OVER ALL THIS PERIOD OF TIME, WE'RE OBTAINING ENOUGH AUDIT EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE OPINION WE'VE EXPRESSED ON THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
UM, AS MR. GARZA ALLUDED, THERE'S VARIOUS TYPES OF AUDIT OPINIONS WE CAN EXPRESS ON A SET OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE'VE EXPRESSED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.
ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT ON ITS SURFACE, THAT IS THE BEST OUTCOME IN A FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT.
AND IT'S ALSO REFERRED TO AS A CLEAN OPINION.
SO THAT OPINION INDICATES THAT YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE FAIRLY STATED AND THAT YOUR FOLLOWING GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES.
WE ALSO ISSUE A REPORT ON YOUR INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ON COMPLIANCE.
UH, OUR PROCEDURES DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES NOR ANY NON-COMPLIANCE THAT WAS MATERIAL TO YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
AND THEN THE THIRD AND FINAL REPORT WE ISSUE IS ON THE CITY'S, UH, FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT.
UM, YOU ADMINISTER FEDERAL AWARDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.
THE AWARD THAT WAS TESTED IN THE MA MAJOR PROGRAM SINGLE AUDIT WAS A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.
THAT PROGRAM HAS UNIQUE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE TESTED THE CITY AGAINST ARE PROCEDURES TO NOT IDENTIFY ANY QUESTION COSTS OR ANY NON-COMPLIANCE OR ANY INTERNAL CONTROL DEFICIENCIES OR WEAKNESSES RELATED
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TO THIS FEDERAL PROGRAM.UH, JUMPING INTO YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WE'LL LOOK AT YOUR GOVERNMENT-WIDE STATEMENT AND NET POSITION.
THIS IS YOUR BALANCE SHEET ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.
SO THINK OF THESE AMOUNTS AS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME.
YOU HAD TOTAL ASSETS AND DEFERRED OUTFLOWS OF RESOURCES THAT TOTALED 443.4 MILLION.
THIS IS PRIMARILY COMPRISED OF THE CITY'S CASHED INVESTMENTS AND YOUR CAPITAL ASSETS.
NET OF DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION.
YOU HAVE TOTAL LIABILITIES AND DEFERRED INFLOWS OF RESOURCES OF 151.8 MILLION AND THAT'S PRIMARILY COMPRISED OF YOUR LONG-TERM LIABILITIES.
YOUR OUTSTANDING DEBT PAYABLE, WHICH INCLUDES YOUR BONDS, YOUR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND RELATED PREMIUMS. AND THEN THE CITY ALSO HAS PLANS FOR RETIREE BENEFITS.
YOU HAVE YOUR PENSION PLAN, WHICH COMES WITH A NET PENSION LIABILITY OF 16.9 MILLION.
AND THEN YOU HAVE RETIREE HEALTHCARE, UH, THAT HAS A NET OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT LIABILITY OF 22.6 MILLION.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR ASSETS AND YOUR LIABILITIES AND YOUR OUTFLOWS AND YOUR INFLOWS IS THE NET POSITION OR THE NET WORTH OF THE CITY, WHICH WAS 291.6 MILLION AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2025.
ON NEXT ON THIS SLIDE, I SHOW YOU THE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES IN THAT POSITION FOR THE LAST FOUR FISCAL YEARS.
UH, THE FIRST SET OF BARS ON THE LEFT ARE YOUR ASSETS AND DEFERRED OUTFLOWS OF RESOURCES.
YOU CAN SEE YEAR OVER YEAR ASSETS OF THE CITY CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
THE MIDDLE SET OF BARS ARE THE LIABILITIES AND DEFERRED INFLOWS OF RESOURCES.
UM, THOSE BARS ARE ALSO INCREASING, BUT AT A, A, A SMALLER RATE THAN YOUR ASSETS.
AND THEN ON THE FAR RIGHT YOU HAVE NET POSITION, WHICH YOU CAN SEE HAS BEEN INCREASING OVER TIME.
THE TAKEAWAY HERE IS THAT NET POSITION THAT'S GROWING YEAR OVER YEAR IS AN INDICATION OF OF STRONG FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE BY THE CITY AND RESPONSIBLE LONG-TERM PLANNING.
GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF A NET POSITION OR NET ASSET.
SO NET, NET REAL ESTATE EQUIPMENT, CASH.
SO ASSETS ARE GONNA BE YOUR CASH, YOUR INVESTMENTS, YOUR RECEIVABLES, YOUR CAPITAL ASSETS.
THAT'S THE FIRST SET OF BARS ON THE LEFT.
LIABILITIES ARE GONNA BE THINGS SUCH AS ACCOUNTS PAYABLE BILLS YOU, YOU OWE TO YOUR VENDORS AT THAT, AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, MAYBE SOME WAGES PAYABLE PAYMENTS OWED TO EMPLOYEES.
BUT THAT'S PRIMARILY GONNA BE YOUR PENSIONS PENSION LIABILITY.
YOUR BONDS PAYABLE, YOUR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION PAYABLE DEBT DEBT IS IN YOUR LIABILITIES.
SO THE CITY'S DEBT AND THOSE LIABILITIES IS A MUCH LOWER BAR THAN THE CITY'S ASSETS.
WHICH ARE THE BARS ON THE FAR LEFT.
WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE WE REDUCED OUR DEBT.
THE DEBT DID REDUCE 4 MILLION IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
SO THERE WAS AN INCREASE FROM 23 TO 24 BECAUSE IN FISCAL YEAR 2024 YOU ISSUED GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
THAT'S BECAUSE THEY WENT OUT AND BORROWED MONEY.
'CAUSE THE CITY MADE ITS PRINCIPLE.
WE DIDN'T BORROW MONEY, DIDN'T BORROW.
BUT YOU'RE PAYING, YOU PAID DOWN DEBT, YOU'RE PAYING IT DOWN BY MAKING THOSE PRINCIPLES.
THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE IN BORROWING AND PAYING.
ALRIGHT, SO NET POSITION, WHAT'S, UH, SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT? SO, NET POSITION IS SIMPLY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR ASSETS AND YOUR LIABILITIES.
WHAT'S LEFT OVER? WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THIS CITY TO USE TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE CITY, UH, OR TO PAY FOR, UH, FUTURE, UH, OPERATIONS OF THE CITY.
LOOKING AT YOUR LONG-TERM LIABILITIES IN, IN DETAIL, UH, YOU CAN SEE HERE THE LARGEST LIABILITIES ARE GONNA BE THE CITY'S LONG-TERM DEBT.
AND YOUR BONDS, YOUR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.
THOSE DECREASE FROM THE YEAR BEFORE DUE TO THE PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS MADE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR.
UM, YOU HAVE, UH, LEASES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS, COMPENSATED ABSENCES OR THOSE BALANCES, UH, THAT CITIES HAVE ACCUMULATED FOR LEAVE AND TIME OFF THAT THEY CAN USE IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN YOUR NET PENSION LIABILITY THAT'S MEASURED BY TMRS EACH AND EVERY YEAR.
THAT NUMBER IS PROVIDED TO YOU.
TOTAL OP P LIABILITIES, THAT'S YOUR RETIREE HEALTHCARE.
UH, YOU HAVE ACTUARIES THAT CALCULATE THAT AMOUNT FOR YOU AND YOU'RE PRESENTED IN YOUR REPORT.
SO OVERALL LONG-TERM LIABILITIES DECREASED FROM THE YEAR BEFORE FROM 132.7 MILLION TO 122.9 MILLION.
THE CITY MAINTAINS 29 DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS.
SIX OF THOSE ARE PRESENTED AS MAJOR FUNDS BECAUSE THEY MEET A QUANTITATIVE THRESHOLD, UH, FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
AND THEN THE REMAINING 23 GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS ARE REPORTED IN THE NON-MAJOR COLUMN.
UH, YOU STARTED THE YEAR WITH $122.2 MILLION IN FUND BALANCE IN THESE 29 GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, YOU ENDED THE YEAR WITH $118.7 MILLION, UH, AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2025.
THE GENERAL FUND IS THE CITY'S MAIN OPERATING ACCOUNT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.
THE CITY REPORTED $39.8 MILLION IN REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH WAS GREATER THAN WHAT THE CITY HAD BUDGETED BY 1.4 MILLION, WHICH WAS A FAVORABLE VARIANCE.
EXPENDITURES OF 38.6 MILLION WERE LESS THAN WHAT THE CITY HAD BUDGETED BY 1.9 MILLION.
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AGAIN, ANOTHER FAVORABLE VARIANCE OVERALL.THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND INDICATING THAT REVENUES EXCEEDED YOUR EXPENDITURES FUND BALANCE INCREASED BY $3 MILLION FOR AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF $23 MILLION AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
YOU SAY, UM, GO, CAN WE GO BACK TO YOU? SAY WE EXCEEDED, UM, EXCEEDED OUR FUND BALANCE.
ALL OUR PROJECTED UH, SPENDING.
IS THAT CONSISTENT EVERY YEAR FOR THE PAST, LET'S SAY 10 YEARS? OH, DO WE ALWAYS DO THAT? CAN WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE BEFORE FOUR SLIDE PERSON? THAT'S THAT.
WE BUDGETED, WE BUDGETED MORE THAN NO, WE HAD MORE REVENUE THAN WHAT WE CORRECT.
YOUR ACTUAL REVENUES CAME IN OVER PROJECTIONS BY 1.4 MILLION.
'CAUSE THAT'S LOOKING AT YOUR EXPENDITURES.
UM, YOUR ACTUAL EXPENDITURES WERE 38.6 MILLION AND THAT WAS UNDER BUDGET BY $1.9 MILLION.
SO YOU ADOPT A BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
AMENDMENTS ARE MADE THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR TO THAT BUDGET.
AND YOU ULTIMATELY CAME IN UNDER THAT BUDGET BY $1.9 MILLION ON THE EXPENDITURES.
DO YOU, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR BACK YOU'VE GO, BUT DO YOU FIND THAT CONSISTENT EVERY YEAR? LIKE OUR NUMBERS ARE LIKE THIS CONSISTENTLY EVERY YEAR.
THIS REPORT DOESN'T INCLUDE, UH, BUDGETARY INFORMATION FOR PRIOR FISCAL YEARS, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE PROVIDE TO YOU.
LEWIS, WE SEE HIDING BACK THERE.
DID YOU HEAR THAT
WELL, FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS WE'VE TRANSFERRED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, THE WHAT WOULD'VE GONE TO FUND BALANCE? WE TRANSFERRED IT, UM, INSTEAD OF ISSUING DEBT FOR THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS, SO WE TRANSFERRED IT INTO THE THAT CAPITAL PROJECT FUND.
WE, IT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO COME IN UNDER BUDGET.
AND THEN IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO, UM, TO HAVE MORE REVENUE THAN WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE AS WELL.
AND THOSE TWO THINGS ARE IMPORTANT.
SO WE DON'T WANT TO GO EITHER WAY AND SAY, WELL LET'S SPEND MORE.
WE'RE GONNA GET THIS MUCH MORE.
AND THEN THERE'S A HICCUP IN SALES TAX OR SOMETHING.
WHO'S GOT THIS, THE CLICKER FOR THE SLIDES? WHO'S WORKING THE SLIDE? YOU ARE.
SO, KEEPING ON THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND, IT DOES HAVE A FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY THAT THE, UH, GENERAL FUND MAINTAIN AT LEAST 25% OF THE FUNDS OPERATE IN EXPENDITURES, UH, IN FUND BALANCE.
THAT $23 MILLION IN FUND BALANCE THAT THE CITY ENDED THE YEAR WITH REPRESENTED JUST UNDER 60% OF YOUR EXPENDITURES.
SO THE CITY IS, IS MEETING THAT GOAL OF MAINTAINING AT LEAST 25%.
NOW, FUND BALANCE ISN'T NECESSARILY THE CITY'S SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
UH, THIS IS MEASURED ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.
UH, THIS REPRESENTS MORE OF THE CITY'S WORKING CAPITAL.
UM, THIS IS THE FUND BALANCE THAT THE CITY HAS TO OPERATE WITH INTO THE FALL UNTIL YOU START COLLECTING ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TAXES, UH, IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY.
SO FROM A CASHFLOW PERSPECTIVE, UH, YOU KNOW, KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT THE CITY DOES NEED FUND BALANCE TO PAY EMPLOYEES, PAY VENDORS.
RESERVES MUST BE MAINTAINED AT 25% OR MORE OF THE FUND OPERATING EXPENSES.
UM, WHEN YOU SAY MUST, WHO, WHO QUANTIFY THAT MUST THAT STATE LAW.
SO THIS IS THE CITY'S FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY.
THIS IS NOT A EXTERNAL RESTRICTION, IS IT? OKAY.
IT'S IT'S NOT MANDATED BY STATE LAW.
HOWEVER, WHEN THE CITY HAS RATINGS CALLS YEAH.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY PAY ATTENTION, THEY LOOK AT AND THEY WILL LOOK AT, OKAY.
TO SEE WHAT THE CITY'S RESERVES ARE.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, ARE YOU SPENDING EVERYTHING THAT COMES IN THE DOOR OR ARE YOU SAVING SOME FUN BALANCE, UH, FOR THINGS THAT ARE UNEXPECTED AND AND UNFORESEEN INTO THE FUTURE? SURE.
THEY'RE SPENDING IT'S KIND OF MISLEADING, RIGHT? CORRECT.
LIKE SOMEBODY'S REGULATING IT.
WELL, WE KNOW IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
'CAUSE I ASKED THAT QUESTION YEARS AGO AND 'CAUSE I KEPT, THEY KEPT TELLING ME WE GOT TO DO IT.
SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE BEEN ME, BUT SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT ASK US, WELL WHY DO YOU, IT'S A LOCAL POLICY.
THEY JUST TOLD ME YOU MUST, IF WE FIND THAT THE CITY EVER FALLS BELOW ITS LOCAL POLICY, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD REPORT TO YOU.
AGAIN, NO ONE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY WOULD NECESSARILY, UH, HAVE ANYTHING TO DO RELATED TO THAT.
BUT I MEAN, THE CITY COULD REEVALUATE ITS
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POLICY.CITIES DO FROM TIME TO TIME ADJUST THOSE THRESHOLDS.
IF, IF, WELL IN FACT, I THOUGHT THE THRESHOLD WAS ACTUALLY 20%.
UH, LET ME ASK JOYCE, WAS IT EVER 20%? YES SIR.
I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, IT WAS INCREASED, UM, BY COUNCIL TO 25%.
THE STAFF DOES NOT CHANGE POLICIES WITHOUT COMING TO COUNCIL.
WELL 25% IF WE'RE COMPLYING WITH THAT, THAT'S EVEN BETTER.
AND A LOT OF CITIES HAVE IT GREATER THAN 25.
NOW, SO THE FUND BALANCE RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT 23 MILLION LOSE AS AS OF THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2025.
WHAT IS IT, WHAT IS IT NOW THOUGH? TODAY? AND I KNOW, I'M SORRY TO DIVERT FROM YOU, BUT, WELL, RIGHT NOW IT'S MORE BECAUSE WE'VE RECEIVED MORE MONEY THAN WE'RE GONNA SPEND.
YOU RECALL WHAT IT IS THOUGH? WELL, IT'S GONNA BE MORE 'CAUSE WE'VE COLLECTED ALL THE PROPERTY TAXES.
BUT WE HAVEN'T SPENT THE MONEY 'CAUSE WE'RE JUST THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER.
ALL THE PROPERTY TAXES COME IN IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY.
SO THAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE AHEAD FOR THE YEAR.
SO IT'S KIND OF NOT YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE SKEWED 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE REST OF STEVE.
THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD TERM FOR IT.
SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S PLENTY OF CASH FLOW, BUT IT'S GONNA GO OUT AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE, TO THE END OF THE, TO SEPTEMBER 30TH.
TRYING TO SPEND SOMEWHAT, NO, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WHEN PEOPLE ASK HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, SHOW US SOME MONEY, HOW MUCH DO YOU GOT? WE NOW HAVE TO SAY, WELL WE GOT PLENTY OF MONEY.
SO HOW YOU WANNA BUY A LADDER? YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S ENTERPRISE FUNDS INCLUDE WATER, WASTEWATER, WASTEWATER, AND SOLID WASTE.
IT REPORTED OPERATING REVENUES IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 OF 30.7 MILLION COMPARED TO OPERATING EXPENSES OF JUST UNDER 25 MILLION.
YOU HAD NON-OPERATING REVENUES OF 2.6 MILLION, WHICH IS INTEREST INCOME ON THE CITY'S INVESTMENTS.
YOU HAD NET TRANSFERS OUT OF JUST UNDER, UH, $850,000.
YOU HAD A POSITIVE CHANGE IN NET POSITION IN THOSE FUNDS OF $7.5 MILLION WERE AN ENDING NET POSITION OF 134 MILLION.
MOST OF THAT BALANCE ARE THE CAPITAL ASSETS IN THOSE UTILITIES TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE CITIZENS.
WE DID REVIEW THE CITY'S ACCOUNTING POLICIES AS PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025.
THE CITY DID IMPLEMENT A NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT RELATED TO HOW IT MEASURES AND REPORTS COMPENSATED ABSENCES.
THOSE LEAVE BALANCES THAT EMPLOYEES EARN AND CAN USE FOR TIME OFF IN THE FUTURE.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DO INCLUDE ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND ESTIMATES CAN ALWAYS CHANGE IN THE FUTURE.
SOME OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATES YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF ARE ALLOWANCES FOR.
YOUR RECEIVABLES ARE BASED ON HIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS.
AND THEN ANY AMOUNT RELATED TO YOUR PENSION OR RETIREE HEALTHCARE PLAN.
THOSE ESTIMATES ARE MADE BY THOSE ACTUARIES AND THOSE OF COURSE HAVE A LOT OF ASSUMPTIONS THAT GO INTO CALCULATING THOSE AMOUNTS AND CAN AND CAN CHANGE IN THE FUTURE.
UH, THESE ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE CITY'S REPORT, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES.
UM, IN EVERY FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT WE PERFORM, WE ALWAYS PRESUME THAT THERE'S THE RISK OF IMPROPER REVENUE RECOGNITION.
WE PERFORM PROCEDURES TO ENSURE THE REVENUE THE CITY HAS RECOGNIZED FOR THIS FISCAL PERIOD IS RELATED TO THIS FISCAL PERIOD.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY DIFFICULTIES IN PERFORMING AND COMPLETING THE AUDIT.
WE HAD THE CITY'S FULL COOPERATION THROUGH EACH PHASE OF THE AUDIT.
SO I DO WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR THEIR PATIENCE AND COOPERATION THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
UH, ANY, UH, ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE MAY HAVE PROPOSED? WE ALWAYS BROUGHT TO MANAGEMENT.
MANAGEMENT REVIEWED AND APPROVED.
ANY DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT? THERE WERE NONE TO REPORT ON ANY ACCOUNTING, UH, MATTERS OR FINANCIAL REPORTING OR COMPLIANCE MATTERS.
UH, WE DO OBTAIN A SIGNED MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER AT THE END OF THE AUDIT PROCESS, WHICH INDICATES THE CITY'S PROVIDED US WITH ALL THE INFORMATION WE REQUESTED AND NOTHING'S BEEN WITHHELD THAT WOULD MISSTATE THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
AS FAR AS WE'RE AWARE, THE CITY'S NOT CONSULTING WITH ANY OTHER AUDITORS OR ACCOUNTANTS ON ANY FINANCIAL REPORTING RELATED MATTERS.
AND THEN THE LAST BULLET ON THIS SLIDE, UH, WE MAY PROVIDE INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT AT NO TIME DO WE FEEL THAT IMPAIRS OUR INDEPENDENCE TO SERVE AS YOUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS.
SO AT THAT POINT, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, THE SINGLE AUDIT OR THE AUDIT PROCESS ITSELF.
ALRIGHT, LET'S START WITH FELIX.
FELIX, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AUDIT? UH, I THINK YOU ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS WHILE WE'RE AT THE MEETING.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY RIGHT NOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
UH, I WAS IN THE MEETING, THE FIRST MEETING WE HAD WITH THE AUDIT TEAM, SO, UH, THEY DID A GOOD JOB.
I ASKED HIM IF THEY FOUND ANY ISSUES.
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I'M JUST GLAD THAT IT WENT WELL.I THINK THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB.
SO I GUESS EVERYBODY READ THIS FROM COVER TO COVER.
MAYOR, WE DO NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO I'LL SECOND.
ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? A MOTION MADE BY JESSICA, SECOND BY HECTOR.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PUSH OR SAY GREEN? YES, GEORGE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU AGAIN, SIR.
[4. Review and discuss an independent analysis report of contact data collected by the Police Department for calendar year 2025, and take action as necessary. (Jonathan White, Police Chief / Dr. Alex del Carmen, Del Carmen Consulting, LLC) ]
FOUR, REVIEW AND DISCUSS INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS AND CONTACT DATA FOR, UH, COLLECTED BY THE ROSENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2025.WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL FRIEND THAT COMES HERE, DR.
ALEX DEL CARMEN, DEL CARMEN CONSULTING IN, UH, IN LLC.
I'M GONNA READ THE, I'M GONNA READ THE SUMMARY.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS RACIAL PROFILING LAW, THE ROSENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS COLLECTED AND REPORTED TRAFFIC AND MINOR VEHICLE RELATED CONTACT DATA TO IDENTIFY AREAS OF CONCERN REGARDING RACIAL PROFILING.
THE ROSENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS LAW.
COR DEL CORMAN IS IN ATTENDANCE TO DISCUSS HIS INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF THE DATA COLLECTED.
THE REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO ROSENBERG CITY COUNCIL FOR REVIEW UNDER SEPARATE COVER.
THE FULL REPORT HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS AGENDA PACKET DUE TO THE VOLUME OF DOCUMENTATION.
HOWEVER, A COPY, A COPY IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW UPON REQUEST.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED, LET ME TELL FOLKS AND GIVE IT A LITTLE HISTORY OF IT.
UH, FOR YEARS I THOUGHT IT WAS THIS NEEDED.
WAS THIS HELPFUL? WAS IT MONEY WELL SPENT? AND I WONDERED, AND I QUESTIONED.
AND THEN THE BLACK LIVES MATTER OCCURRED AND FOLKS WERE QUESTIONING THE CITY'S, YOU KNOW, COMPLIANCE AND THE, THE ATTITUDE AT THE TIME.
AND IT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE THESE REPORTS TO SHOW TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE DO OUR BEST HERE TO STOP PEOPLE, OR THAT WHEN THEY'RE INTERACTED BY THE POLICE, THAT THERE, UH, THAT IT'S BECAUSE OF A COMPLAINT AND NOT BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE.
DEL CARMEN, WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR COMING.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR REPORT.
THANK YOU MAYOR AND, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
UM, I'M NOT AS EXCITING AS YOUR ANNUAL, UH, AUDITS, BUT I AM GONNA RELAY THE GOOD NEWS THAT THE DATA SHOWS THAT YOU'RE IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW ONCE AGAIN, AND THAT YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING ALL THAT IT CAN TO NEGATE THE CIRCUMSTANCES BY WHICH RACISM CAN TAKE PLACE.
AND SO, AS YOU ALL MAY REMEMBER FROM LAST YEAR, THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE HERE, UH, THE TIER TWO DATA MANDATE, UH, THAT THE STATE HAS IN PLACE REDEFINED WHAT A CONTACT IS.
IT DOES INCLUDE ANYTIME A POLICE OFFICER MAKES A MOTOR VEHICLE TO A MOTOR VEHICLE CONTACT WHERE A CITATION, A TICKET, OR A WARNING OR AN ARREST IS MADE.
THAT'S WHAT WOULD COUNT FOR PURPOSES OF THE, OF THE ANNUAL RACIAL PROFILE AND REPORT.
IT REQUIRES FOR US TO ANALYZE THE DATA, SPECIFICALLY TO LOOK AT SEARCHES AND THE BREAKDOWN OF THOSE SEARCHES.
AND IT DOES REQUIRE FOR US TO PERFORM AUDITS.
WE PERFORM THESE ONCE A QUARTER REMOTELY, AND IF WE FIND ANY ISSUES WITH THE DATA VALIDITY OR RELIABILITY, WE OBVIOUSLY REACH OUT TO THE CHIEF AND GET THOSE ISSUES ADDRESSED.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE LAW REQUIRES A COMPLIMENT OR A COMPLAINT PROCESS TO BE DELIVERED TO THE PERSON THAT IS STOPPED AND GIVEN A CITATION, MEANING THAT THE OFFICER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR LETTING THAT PERSON KNOW HOW TO FILE A COMPLIMENT OR A COMPLAINT.
THE LAW IS VERY SPECIFIC IN THAT IT REQUIRES THE PHYSICAL ADDRESS, THE PHONE NUMBER AND EMAIL ADDRESS WHERE A CITIZEN CAN ACTUALLY FILE THAT COMPLIMENT OR COMPLAINT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE RELEASED A NUMBER OF INSTANCES WHERE USE OF FORCE WAS USED THAT RESULT IN BODILY INJURY IN THE COURSE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE STOP.
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UH, THERE ARE IMPLICATIONS RELATED TO PENALTIES THAT WOULD BE GIVEN IF THESE THINGS ARE NOT MET, UH, ONCE A YEAR.UM, SO THIS REPORT WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU BY MARCH 1ST.
I'M SIMPLY GOING OVER THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE FOUND.
THE ROSENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED ONE COMPLAINT ON RACIAL PROFILING LAST YEAR, AND IT WAS FOUND TO BE UNSUBSTANTIATED.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT POSTED IN HIS S LOBBY AREA, AND THE OFFICERS DO INFORM THE PUBLIC WHEN THEY ISSUE A CITATION.
ON THE BACK OF THE CITATION, THERE IS A, UH, PRINT OF THE WEBSITE WHERE THEY CAN GO TO AND FIND THE EMAIL ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER, AND PHYSICAL ADDRESS OF WHERE TO FILE A COMPLIMENT OR A COMPLAINT.
THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ANALYSIS THAT WERE DONE, AND THE FIRST ONE LOOKED AT THE EVALUATION OF THE 2025 DATA.
THE SECOND TYPE OF ANALYSIS WAS COMPARING THAT DATA TO A BASELINE, AND THE THIRD ACTUALLY LOOKED FOR A PATTERN ON SEARCHES THAT WERE PERFORMED BY OFFICERS IN THE COURSE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE CONTACT.
WHAT WE FOUND IS, UH, SIMILARLY TO LAST YEAR, MOST OF YOUR CONTACTS WERE WITH MALES.
MOST OF YOUR CONTACTS WERE WITH HISPANICS.
OFFICERS DID NOT KNOW THE RACE OR ETHNICITY OF THE PERSON PRIOR TO STOPPING THAT INDIVIDUAL.
THE MOST FREQUENT REASON FOR A STOP WAS VIOLATION OF THE LAW.
MOST OF THE STOPS TOOK PLACE ON CITY STREETS, WHICH YOU WOULD EXPECT HERE.
MOST OF THE STOPS DID NOT RESULT IN A SEARCH.
BUT OF THOSE THAT WERE SEARCHED, THE REASON CITED THE MOST WAS PROBABLE CAUSE, WHICH IS WHERE WE WANT OFFICERS TO BE ABLE TO SIMPLY HIGHLIGHT AS TO WHAT THE REASONS ARE FOR STOPPING AN INDIVIDUAL AND SEARCHING THAT PERSON.
MOST OF THE SEARCHES RESULTED IN CONTRABAND.
THIS IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT.
I MENTIONED THIS LAST YEAR TO YOU ALL BECAUSE, UH, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY MORE THAN HALF THE CITIES IN TEXAS DON'T HAVE THIS GREAT OUTCOME THAT YOU DO HERE.
AND THIS IS GREAT IN THE SENSE THAT THE, THE CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS, THEY LOOK AT THE OUTCOME OF A SEARCH.
IF YOU FIND CONTRABAND AS A RESULT OF THAT SEARCH, THEY FIND THAT TO BE A VALID SEARCH.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE SEARCH IS NOT QUESTIONABLE.
A LITTLE MORE JUSTIFIED EX EXACTLY.
IT'S JUSTIFIED BECAUSE IT'S JUST A CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT AT THAT POINT, THE BIAS IS TAKEN AWAY.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, NATIONALLY, THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, IF YOU LOOK AT ALL 27,000 POLICE AGENCIES ACROSS THE US, THE AVERAGE THRESHOLD IS 30% IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CALL THE CONTRABAND HIT RATE.
MEANING THAT A POLICE OFFICER WOULD SEARCH ANYONE IN THE UNITED STATES, WHETHER THAT PERSON IS BLACK, BROWN, GREEN, YELLOW, WHITE, ET CETERA.
AND THE OUTCOME OF THAT SEARCH SHOULD BE 30% OF THE TIME FIND CONTRABAND.
IN OTHER WORDS, THREE OUT OF EVERY 10 SEARCHES SHOULD RESULT IN CONTRABAND.
ROSENBERG PD IS MUCH HIGHER THAN THOSE CATEGORIES AS IT RELATES TO MINORITIES.
THAT'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD NEWS.
IS THAT JUST WHAT, AS IT RELATES TO MINORITIES OR IN GENERAL? IN GENERAL, THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, PARTICULARLY IN ROSENBERG AS IT RELATES TO MINORITIES, IT IS HIGHER THAN 30%.
FOR PURPOSES OF THIS REPORT, ARE HISPANICS CLASSIFIED AS MINORITIES OR WHITE HISPANICS ARE CLASSIFIED AS MINORITY.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE STATE LAW SPECIFICALLY SAYS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL OFFICER, WHEN THAT OFFICER ISSUES A CITATION, A TICKET OR A WARNING, THAT OFFICER IS TO RECORD THAT PERSON AS ONE OF FIVE CATEGORIES, WHITE OR BLACK OR HISPANIC OR ASIAN OR NATIVE AMERICAN.
THAT WAS PART OF THE HOUSE BILL 30 51, WHICH WAS PASSED IN 2017.
AND SO HISPANICS ARE DIFFERENTIATED FROM WHITES.
AND IN FACT, THAT'S WHY WE DO THE AUDITS TOO, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT POLICE OFFICERS ARE ISSUING CITATIONS AND MARKING THEM AS HISPANIC WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL RECIPIENT IS HISPANIC AND NOT WHITE.
WHAT ABOUT WHEN HISPANICS ARE, ARE BLACK? IT, IT MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT, BUT IT'S UP TO THE OFFICER TO DETERMINE THAT.
IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE UP TO THE OFFICER.
AND THE LAW IS VERY SPECIFIC IN THAT IT SAYS THAT OFFICERS WILL NOT BE PENALIZED IF THEY REACH THE THRESHOLD THRESHOLD OF A REASONABLE POLICE OFFICER.
WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, IN THE LEGAL TERMS, IT MEANS SOMEBODY THAT WOULD HAVE REASON TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PERSON MAY BE OR MAY APPEAR TO THAT OFFICER AS BEING BLACK OR HISPANIC.
BUT WHETHER THE PERSON IS REGARDLESS OF COMPLEXION, IF THEY'RE CLASSIFIED AS HISPANIC, AS JUST HISPANIC, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ACTUAL COMPLEXION.
IF THE PERSON IS HISPANIC, THAT PERSON NEEDS TO BE CATEGORIZED AS HISPANIC.
AND SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, MOST OF THE CONTRABAND, UH, THAT WAS FOUND WAS RELATED TO DRUGS.
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RESULTED IN WRITTEN WARNINGS.MOST OF YOUR ARRESTS WERE BASED ON THE VIOLATION OF THE PENAL CODE.
AND THERE WERE THREE INSTANCES WHERE POLICE OFFICERS INTERACTED WITH THE PUBLIC VIA A MOTOR VEHICLE TO A MOTOR VEHICLE THAT RESULTED IN USE OF FORCE WHERE BODILY INJURY WAS REPORTED.
WHEN YOU COMPARE THE DATA, IT SHOWS AS IT SHOWED LAST YEAR THAT THE THRESHOLD WAS THE SAME OR LOWER FOR WHITE HISPANICS AND ALASKA NATIVE HOUSEHOLDS WHEN COMPARED TO YOUR CONTACTS.
HOWEVER, WHEN IT COMES TO BLACKS AND ASIANS, THE DATA SUGGESTED THAT THE CONTACTS WERE HIGHER THAN THE PERCENTAGE OF BLACK AND ASIAN HOUSEHOLDS IN THE AREA.
AND WE USED THE AREA DATA BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF THE TICKETS THAT ARE ISSUED TO PEOPLE IN ROSENBERG ARE NOT NECESSARILY ROSENBERG RESIDENTS.
SO WE EXTRAPOLATE THE DATA TO LOOK AT A BROADER PICTURE.
MOST OF THE CONTRABAND THAT WAS FOUND ORIGINATED FROM SEARCHES THAT WERE MADE ON BLACKS.
AND THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY SEARCHES THAT WERE MADE ON HISPANICS.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO REVISED AND REVIEWED ITS POLICY.
IT'S ENGAGED OUR FIRM IN THIS OBJECTIVE AND EXTERNAL QUARTERLY AUDIT REVIEW.
IT'S COLLECTED AND ENHANCED THE TIER TWO DATA.
WE'VE ANALYZED THE DATA, WE INFORM, ENSURE THAT THEY INFORM THE PUBLIC ON HOW TO MAKE A COMPLAINT OR A COMPLIMENT, AND ALSO PROVIDED RACIAL PROFILING TRAINING ANNUALLY, WHICH IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS COMING YEAR ARE TO CONTINUE TO COLLECT THE DATA ON SEARCHES, TO FOSTER PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO BUILD TRUST AND CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THAT TRUST TO TRAIN ALL POLICE OFFICERS ON THE DATA REQUIREMENTS.
AND FINALLY, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THEY COMPLIED WITH ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE LAST YEAR.
AND IF I MAY TAKE TWO SECONDS, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, TO COMMEND YOUR DEPARTMENT, COMMEND THE CHIEF AND YOUR LEADERSHIP FOR CONTINUING TO FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW.
I OFTENTIMES USE YOU ALL AS EXAMPLES OF WHAT OTHER AGENCIES SHOULD LOOK LIKE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
DR. DALE CARMAN, I WAS THINKING WHILE YOU WERE GIVEN YOUR REPORT TO US AS A GROUP AND THE STAFF AND JUST THE WHOLE OUTLOOK THAT, UM, UH, KNOWING, KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S FOLKS THAT KEEP RECORDS OF THIS STUFF, I THINK IT'S KIND OF A CHECKS AND BALANCES SYSTEM, ISN'T IT? ABSOLUTELY.
AND SO I THINK IT'S GOOD NOT ONLY, WELL, IN ADDITION TO THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, IT'S REALLY GOOD THAT YOU SHOW THE TRANSPARENCY TO THE PUBLIC.
THAT YOU HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE AND THAT THE DATA IS MADE AVAILABLE AND THAT THE DATA IS BEING ANALYZED BY SOMEBODY.
AS, SO SOME CHIEFS OF POLICE CHARACTERIZE ME AS THE GUY THAT CALLS FOR BALLS OR STRIKES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DO.
I DON'T, I DON'T GET PAID TO GIVE GOOD NEWS.
I GET PAID TO GIVE THE RESULTS OF OUR FINDINGS.
WE HEAR A LOT, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANT PUB UM, PUBLIC SAFETY AND WE ALL WANT IT.
MORE THAN 50%, I THINK MORE THAN 50% OF OUR BUDGET, A LITTLE BIT MORE IS IS PUBLIC SAFETY CORRECT CHOICE? GENERAL FUND.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE PRIORITIZE IT.
SO WE WANT TO BE SAFE, WE WANNA BE SECURE, BUT WE DON'T WANNA PUSH PEOPLE AROUND.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT A PEOPLE ARE TREATED RIGHT AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE CHIEF AND HE TELLS HIS, UH, FOLKS.
AND ANOTHER, ANOTHER THING THAT I, WHEN IT, IT COMES UP
I AIN'T NEVER WENT OVER THERE AND COUNTED, BUT I BET A BIG PART OF IT IS, IT IS, IT'S VERY MIXED.
SO WHEN PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL ARE REDNECK OR YOU'RE THIS, YOU'RE THAT, I, I TELL 'EM, THEY GOT THE WRONG, THEY GOT THE WRONG TOWN.
I'M VERY PROUD AS A, MAYBE AS A PERSON WHO IDENTIFIES AS, AS AN ANGLO.
ALTHOUGH I'M HALF HISPANIC, SO I ALSO IDENTIFY AS HALF HISPANIC.
UM, AND WE HAVE A MAJORITY MINORITY TOWN, AND I'M VERY HONORED TO BE THE MAYOR IN, IN, IN THAT TOWN.
WE GOT A MAJORITY OF HISPANIC PEOPLE HERE AND A LOT OF OUR STAFF.
SO I DON'T THINK ANYBODY CAN SAY, WE'RE NOT DOING THE RIGHT
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THING.AND I, I, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE COMPLAINT.
UM, WHO DETERMINES WHETHER AN ALLEGATION IS SUBSTANTIATED OR NOT? YEAH, THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
THERE, THERE IS A PROCESS BY WHICH THE PERSON, ACCORDING TO STATE LAW, HAS TO FILE THAT COMPLAINT IN WRITING.
AND THEN ONCE THAT COMPLAINT IS FILED IN WRITING, INTERNAL AFFAIRS TAKES OVER THAT COMPLAINT AND THEY WILL LOOK AT THE BODY CAM VIDEO, UM, DASH CAM VIDEO INTERVIEW WITNESSES, IF ANY, UM, AND THEN MAKE THAT ASSESSMENT AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IT HAS CROSSED THE THRESHOLD OF RACIAL PROFILING.
I'M SURE ALL, UH, PROBABLY MOST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE AT, AT ONE TIME OR THE OTHER HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE, UH, OVERINDULGE AND THEY, THERE'S A PROBLEM AND THE POLICE HAVE TO COME.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE ARRESTED OR TICKETED, SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE NOT, BUT THEY, UH, ARE MAD AT THE POLICE AND MAD AT AUTHORITY.
AND WHEN WE GET THOSE CASES, WE PASS THEM ALONG AND THEY'RE NOT TOO FREQUENT, THANK GOD.
UM, BUT, UH, WHEN WE'VE HAD 'EM, UM, WHEN I'VE GOT 'EM, I'VE, I'VE CONNECTED THEM WITH OUR POLICE CHIEF AND I TOLD THE PEOPLE, IF YOU'RE NOT SATISFIED TO GET BACK TO ME.
AND I HAVEN'T, UH, HAD TOO MANY, I MEAN VERY, VERY, VERY FEW IN THROUGH 10, 15 YEARS.
SO I THINK WE'RE PRETTY FORTUNATE HERE.
I I THINK THE CITY ERRS ON THE SIDE OF, AND IT'S OKAY TO BE A LITTLE MORE LENIENT.
WE DON'T WANT TO TURN THE CITY INTO A POLICE STATE.
WE JUST WANNA BE FAIR AND WE WANT TO BE SAFE, AND WE WANT TO BE PROTECTED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GOOD WORK.
LET'S SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
WE'LL START WITH, UH, WITH, WITH GEORGE.
GEORGE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR DR.
DEL CARMEN OR HIS, UH, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS REPORT? I WANT TO THANK, UH, THE CHIEF AND STAFF HERE.
UH, CHIEF WHITE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HELPING ME.
ALSO THE JUDGE, THANK YOU AS WELL.
CHIEF WHITE, FELIX, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UH, DR.
DEL CARMEN AND THANK YOU CHIEF AND ALL THE, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS, ALL THE POLICE OFFICERS, UH, FOR DOING A GREAT JOB AND, AND, UH, KEEPING SAFE, UH, THE COMMUNITY.
GOD WILLING, WE'LL ALL BE AROUND.
THAT'S OUR HOPE IN THE FUTURE.
WAS THERE A MOTION? OH, PLEASE MAKE IT HECTOR, PLEASE MAKE A MOTION TO GO TO SESSION.
[5. Hold Executive Session to deliberate the employment, duties, and evaluation of the Municipal Court Judge pursuant to Section 551.074 of the Texas Government Code; to deliberate economic development negotiations pursuant to Section 551.087 of the Texas Government Code; and, to deliberate the potential purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property pursuant to Section 551.072 of the Texas Government Code. ]
EXECUTIVE SESSION.IF Y'ALL WANT TO GO SAY GREEN.
RICHARD AND GEORGE, PLEASE VOTE.
WE'LL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK.
LET'S TAKE, GET IN THERE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.
[6. Adjourn Executive Session, reconvene Regular Session, and take action as necessary as a result of Executive Session. ]
WE WILL ADJOURN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND MOVE BACK INTO, INTO REGULAR SESSION AND TAKE ACTION AS NECESSARY.WE HAVE A MOTION, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 4 0 4 1, RESOLUTION NUMBER 4 0 4 1.
AND THAT MOTION WILL GIVE A SLIGHT PAY INCREASE TO THE CITY JUDGE TO AN AMOUNT OF, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO STATE THE AMOUNT.
SO, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THE, THE RESOLUTION IS TO AMEND HER EXISTING CONTRACT, CORRECT? ALRIGHT.
NO, IT'S A MOTION TO, UH, AMEND HER EXEMPT CONTRACT.
AND THAT'S THE RESOLUTION NUMBER 4 0 4 1.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY PUSHING OR SAYING GREEN.
NO, NO, IT'S, IT'S RIGHT IN BETWEEN.
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UNANIMOUSLY.IS THERE ANY OTHER ACTION BY THE COUNSEL? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ADJOURNING, SAY OR PUSH GREEN.
JESSICA AND GEORGE, Y'ALL GONNA VOTE? ALRIGHT.